Death toll climbs to eight in Flatbush building collapse
ABC7 New York reported that eight people were killed, including a 9-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy, after a three-story residential building collapsed in Flatbush, Brooklyn, with 18 others injured. Earlier reports had placed the death toll lower.
CBS News said at least eight people had died and 17 were injured, while The New York Times earlier reported two fatalities and 17 injuries. Initial coverage from CNN described a single fatality and ten injuries when the structure collapsed and ABC7 New York noted a partial collapse that left one dead and multiple injured.