Church roof collapse kills 27 in Uganda
Thursday, March 9, 2006 Posted: 0048 GMT (0848 HKT)
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- A brick wall at a partly constructed church collapsed onto the congregation at a Wednesday evening service during a rain storm in the Ugandan capital, killing at least 27 people, police and rescue officials said.
Eighty-six injured people were taken to Kampala's Mulago Hospital, deputy director Isaac Exati said. The hospital trauma room has only 20 beds, and most of the wounded lay moaning on the floor, screaming for their families. Hundreds of relatives gathered outside the hospital waiting for word of the survivors' conditions.
"We were in the church for the service and it was raining very heavily," said Nsubuga Hannington, who was in the hospital with a minor head injury. "All of a sudden, I heard a crash and the wall fell down."
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/03/08/uganda.collapse.ap/index.html
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- A brick wall at a partly constructed church collapsed onto the congregation at a Wednesday evening service during a rain storm in the Ugandan capital, killing at least 27 people, police and rescue officials said.
Eighty-six injured people were taken to Kampala's Mulago Hospital, deputy director Isaac Exati said. The hospital trauma room has only 20 beds, and most of the wounded lay moaning on the floor, screaming for their families. Hundreds of relatives gathered outside the hospital waiting for word of the survivors' conditions.
"We were in the church for the service and it was raining very heavily," said Nsubuga Hannington, who was in the hospital with a minor head injury. "All of a sudden, I heard a crash and the wall fell down."
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/03/08/uganda.collapse.ap/index.html
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