Floor collapses at church; 40 hurt
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The floor of a church filled with about 1,000 people, mostly teens, collapsed during a concert, injuring at least 40 people, one of them seriously.
The youths were at the Central Heights Church in Abbotsford, British Columbia, to hear the Christian rock band Starfield when a large area in front of the stage gave way.
One concertgoer said that minutes before the floor collapsed, the band urged audience members to stop jumping up and down.
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