RESCUE WORKERS; DEBRIS; NEWSMEN; GIRLS WATCHING FROM BALCONY; CROWD; PART OF CRUSHED CAR DRAGGED AWAY.




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Background: RESCUE TEAMS IN BUENOS AIRES WORKED THROUGH THE NIGHT ON SUNDAY (15 FEBRUARY) TO CLEAR DEBRIS AFTER A 15 STOREY BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION COLLAPSED KILLING TWO PEOPLE. THREE OTHERS WERE INJURED.

THE DEAD COUPLE, WHO WERE SITTING IN THEIR PARKED CAR AT THE BASE OF THE BUILDING, WERE IDENTIFIED AS CARLOS UVEIRA, 23, AND HIS WIFE AURORA, 22. THE INJURED -- ALL WOMEN PEDESTRIANS -- WERE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL.

POLICE LATER SAID THE TRAGEDY WAS CAUSED BY THE FALL OF A SWIMMING POOL WHICH WAS BEING BUILT INTO AN UPPER FLOOR. IT DROPPED LOOSE TAKING OTHER FLOORS WITH IT AS IT CRASHED TO THE GROUND.

PART OF A GARAGE OPPOSITE THE SITE WAS DEMOLISHED IN THE ACCIDENT WHICH OCCURRED IN THE FASHIONABLE BARRIO NORTE DISTRICT.