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Death toll in Mexico scaffolding collapse rises to 4 Death toll in Mexico scaffolding collapse rises to 4
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MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities say at least four people died were when scaffolding collapsed at a cathedral under construction in the southern city of Tuxtepec. MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities said Friday that four workers died when scaffolding collapsed at a cathedral under construction in the southern city of Tuxtepec.
The head of the Oaxaca state civil defense office says 19 people were injured, all of them apparently construction workers. Jaime Canseco, the head of the Tuxtepec civil defense office, said 22 people were injured, all of them construction workers. Some were dug out of the pile of wooden, cement and metal rebar left by the collapse.
Felipe Reyna told the Televisa television network Friday that four workers are still missing. But he said it is unclear whether they had left of their own accord before or just after the collapse occurred late Thursday. Canseco said a total of 32 workers were at the construction site when the 80-foot (25-meter) tall scaffolding collapsed Thursday. All have now been accounted for.
Searches continue at the La Barca Cathedral. But nobody else has been found in the massive jumble of wood left on the cathedral floor after the 80-foot (25-meter) tall scaffolding collapsed. The scaffolding had been holding up the roof form where cement was apparently being poured when the accident occurred.
Emergency personnel continued to work to remove the massive jumble of wood left on the floor of the La Barca Cathedral.
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