JOHANNESBURG — At least three students are dead and 23 injured after a walkway collapsed at a school outside Johannesburg, South African officials said Friday. Panyaza Lesufi, the head of education for Gauteng province, posted the toll on Twitter shortly after the collapse at the Hoerskool Driehoek high school in Vanderbijlpark. "It is painful to see those tiny bodies in that state," Lesufi said. He reported "scores" trapped but an Associated Press witness later said no one remained in the rubble. "When we arrived we found that there are still children underneath," said Kay Makhubela, spokesman for Gauteng police.

Source: New York Times February 01, 2019 08:59 UTC