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Five dead and 50 injured when stage collapses at election rally in Mexico: state governor

Five dead and 50 injured when stage collapses at election rally in Mexico: state governor

At least five people were killed and 50 others injured on Wednesday when a stage collapsed during a campaign rally in northern Mexico, according to the state governor.

“It was a tragedy,” Nuevo Leon Governor Samuel Garcia told reporters at the scene, according to local television. “So far we have five dead and about 50 people with various injuries, some of them serious.”

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At least five people died and 50 others were injured Wednesday when a stage collapsed during a campaign rally in northern Mexico, according to the state’s governor.

“There was a tragedy,” Samuel Garcia, governor of Nuevo León, told reporters on the scene, local television reported. “For now, we have five dead people and about 50 with various injuries, some of them serious.”

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