He gave a balustrade in a university: at least three students died – Telam

Accident in a university in Bolivia, kills at least three people.

At least three students have died after falling into the void after a railing on the fourth floor of the financial sciences building at El Alto Public University (UPEA) gave way when a large group of young people were in attendance in an assembly, police sources reported. .

“Eight people fell from the fourth floor after a meeting. Of the eight people who fell, there are six men and two women; three died and five were evacuated to different hospitals ”, informed the regional commander of the police of El Alto, Leonel Jimnez.

The police also indicated that “the Special Crime Force arrived to determine how the events unfolded” and specified that the young people “were in a student assembly”, according to the newspaper Pgina Siete.

A representative of the university’s executive committee assured that there had been shoving, brawling and clashes during the assembly before the railing gave way.

“There was a rally and a confrontation, I think that between the shoves the gates were broken and more than six companions fell. From what we could see, there were deaths, but they didn’t. did not let us in, the ambulances and the police arrived “Andy Huanca told Fides radio.

The accident occurred in the building of the Faculty of Financial Sciences, located on the Ro Seco campus, where university students fell from the fourth floor of these facilities, according to the ATB network, a news outlet which has confirmed three deaths.