Death toll climbs to 75 in Haiti school collapse

Haiti - Rescuers digging through a collapsed school in Haiti pulled more bodies from sandwiched slabs of concrete, raising the death toll to 75 on Saturday as crews continued searching for survivors.
President Rene Preval said poor construction, including a lack of steel reinforcement, was to blame for Friday's collapse of the concrete College La Promesse in Petionville. Roughly 500 children and teenagers typically crowded into the three-story building.
Preval told The Associated Press that structures throughout Haiti are at similar risk because of poor construction and a lack of government oversight. continue reading