JOHANNESBURG — At least three students are dead after a walkway collapsed at a school outside Johannesburg, a South African official said Friday, and 23 were injured. 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. Lesufi had reported “scores” trapped but an Associated Press witness later said no one remained in the rubble. Local media posted photos of a large slab and scattered bricks with the scene blocked off by emergency tape. The national Department of Education extended condolences to the families of the students killed.

Source: National Post February 01, 2019 08:37 UTC