Seven college students have been confirmed dead and four others have been hospitalized with serious injuries after they fell from a fourth floor balcony when a railing broke at a university in Bolivia. Students could be seen leaning against the railing when a section of it suddenly broke, sending them falling to the ground four floors below. The school is located in El Alto, outside La Paz, Bolivia's capital. WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENTStudents dangle from a balcony ledge moments after the section of the fourth floor railing snapped at the Public University of El Alto in Bolivia on Tuesday. Bolivian Police chief, Colonel Jhonny Aguilera, told reporters that the students' cause of death was 'multiple defenestration trauma.'

Source: Daily Mail March 02, 2021 22:43 UTC