Quake Kills 2 Fans at Soccer Stadium
<i> Reuters</i>
QUITO, Ecuador —
A 5.2-magnitude quake left two Ecuadorean soccer fans dead and 50 others injured Sunday after part of a stadium collapsed, a local radio station said.
The victims were watching a soccer match in Quevedo, about 100 miles southwest of Quito, when the earthquake hit at 10:16 a.m. local time, causing part of the ceiling of the poorly maintained stadium to collapse, according to Radio Quito.
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