Video exhibits balcony railing collapse that killed 7 Bolivian college students

Seven school college students died and 4 had been injured throughout a tragic incident in Bolivia when a railing collapsed, sending them falling from a fourth-floor balcony.

Wild video of Tuesday’s incident confirmed a mass of scholars from the Public College of El Alto packed onto the balcony earlier than the railing gave method.

The tragedy occurred within the college’s monetary sciences constructing, as college students tried to enter a lecture corridor for an meeting.

The footage, obtained by the Solar, additionally confirmed one younger girl pushing one other close to the railing moments earlier than it collapsed.

Bolivian police common commander Jhonny Aguilera Montecinos stated Wednesday the lady seen within the battle might be questioned as a part of the investigation, native shops reported.

Montecinos additionally attributed the victims’ deaths to “a number of trauma.”

“We remorse the tragedy that occurred on the Public College of #ElAlto (UPEA), the place there have been a number of deaths and accidents,” Bolivian President Luis Arce wrote on Twitter.

“Our deepest condolences to the individuals of El Alto and to the struggling households. We await the immediate clarification of the details.”

With Publish wires