Second school collapse in Haiti - 5 injured, No
deaths
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A school partially
collapsed in the Haitian capital on Wednesday,
injuring at least five students less than a week
after the collapse of another school killed 89
people.
Portions of the Grace Divine school in
Port-au-Prince came crashing down while class was in
session. As word of the incident spread, crowds of
anxious parents descended along with ambulances and
crews from the collapse of the College La Promesse
in nearby Petionville.
No one was trapped inside and there were no deaths.
Five students were treated for injuries, the most
serious of which was a broken leg, said Jean-Fetner
Frederic, administrator of the nearby Canape Vert
Hospital. Two other students at another school in
the area suffered minor injuries when hundreds of
parents rushed the building based on a false rumor
that it had collapsed, Frederic said. Earlier,
Edouard Ernseau, a city building inspector who was
at the scene of the Grace Divine collapse, said two
students were injured and seven people outside the
school were injured.
The cause of the incident was unknown, though
Ernseau said recent heavy rains may have weakened
the two-story concrete structure.
