Eight Killed and 18 Injured in Brooklyn Building Collapse
City officials said eight people were killed, including two children, and 18 others were injured after a three-storey building on Flatbush Avenue collapsed into an adjacent construction pit in Brooklyn. Authorities are investigating possible criminal liability. Earlier reports from CNN said one person had died and ten were injured when the building collapsed on.
The New York Times later reported the death toll had risen to two with 17 injured, including children. CBS subsequently reported at least eight deaths and 17 injured, and ABC7 noted the death toll had risen to eight with 18 injured.