3rd year ESO student from IES Julio Prieto Nespereira of the Ourense He died as a result of the collapse of the wall at 14.00 hours in the sports center of the light center. Demolition of the wall separating the showers from the rest of the locker room in the center’s sports center Had to mobilize patrols from the local Police and the city’s Fire Department to attend the emergency.
The incident, which occurred in the last hour of school, caused widespread alarm among parents who were waiting at the door to pick up their son and daughter. The body of the minor still remains inside the centre. The facts were confirmed by Ourense Council Citizen Security Councilor Telmo Ucha.
Upon hearing the news of his death, Gabriel Alén, the Xunta de Galicia delegate in Ourense, canceled all events he had for today, showing his condolences for the tragic event and “maximum support to the family of the deceased minors” and the entire educational community in difficult times”.
student criticism
Speaking outside the school, Alén refused to confirm the deceased’s age or the minor’s circumstances of death. He also did not respond to criticism that the collapse took place outside the institute after members of the school community and former students denounced the plight of the children’s locker room area.
In this regard, the classmates of the deceased child and the injured minor stated that the wall “has been moving for a long time and has not been repaired for years”. “It could have been worse, but when other teammates saw it was collapsing, they managed to escape,” they said.
technical report
It was the head of the Ourense Investigation Court No. 3 on duty, who authorized the exhumation of the body and ordered an autopsy. Likewise, he commissioned a technical report and a complete photographic report on the condition of the wall, in addition to sealing the area until what had happened.