Tragedy in Santo Domingo: 221 dead after disco roof chair crash!

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After the collapse -related accident in a discotheque in Santo Domingo, the number of victims rise to over 221; Numerous injuries remain in the clinic.
After the collapse -related accident in a discotheque in Santo Domingo, the number of victims rise to over 221; Numerous injuries remain in the clinic. (Symbolbild/NAGW)

In the Dominican Republic, a devastating misfortune occurred on Tuesday, which occurred in a discotheque. Current reports of the Süddeutsche Zeitung the number of dead has risen to at least 221. In the accident that occurred during a concert by the Merengue singer Rubby Pérez, 189 people were saved from the ruins and brought to hospitals.

The disaster protection manager Juan Manuel Méndez informed that the rescue teams would continue to search for other buried, but no survivors have been found since Tuesday afternoon. The focus of the emergency services has now shifted to the rescue of the corpses, and the city administration provides the families of the victims 150 graves at the Cristo Redentor cemetery for free burials.

aftermath and victim identification

The families of the victims are in great grief and are waiting for the identification and release of the corpses to the forensic institute in Santo Domingo. In the hospitals, numerous patients are still treated who were taken from the accident with injuries. The victims include the former MLB professionals Octavio Dotel and Tony Blanco, which were buried in the club "Jet Set" under the ruins.

At least 30 people were killed in another tragic event in the Dominican Republic in the Dominican Republic last weekend. More than 7,400 apartments and houses were damaged, while 22 houses were completely destroyed. President Luis Abincer described the precipitation as the most severe in the history of the country and blamed climate change for the catastrophic weather conditions, which brought part of a wall to collapse and damaged several cars. In this context, over 37,000 people were evacuated, which further exacerbates the situation for the affected communities.

The events in Santo Domingo show the vulnerable conditions and the dangers that the population is exposed to in natural disasters and infrastructural crises. The combination of several tragedies in a short time represents an enormous burden for the families concerned and the entire society.

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OrtSanto Domingo, Dominikanische Republik
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