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Families of stampede victims to get compensation
By Li Qian |
March 1, 2013, Friday
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THE families of four students who died in a school stampede in Hubei Province on Wednesday will each receive 480,000 yuan (US$77,000) in compensation, officials said.
Du Guiqiang, headmaster of Laohekou City Qinji Primary School, and another teacher didn't open the dormitory gate as usual on Wednesday morning, causing students to crowd on stairs, an initial investigation found.
Police have detained six people, including two school officials and a dormitory superintendent, according to Vice Mayor Guo Fangfang.
Guo dismissed the allegations that the school officials didn't open the gate on time because they got drunk the night before, today's Beijing News reported.
A team of experts are also checking for safety hazards in the school's shabby dormitory building, Guo said.
Reports said 50 to 60 children shared one large room in the dormitory, which was converted from a four-story teaching building. There is only one exit on the first floor and the stairway is very narrow.
Teachers said poor management is the cause of the deadly stampede.
Du Guiqiang, headmaster of Laohekou City Qinji Primary School, and another teacher didn't open the dormitory gate as usual on Wednesday morning, causing students to crowd on stairs, an initial investigation found.
Police have detained six people, including two school officials and a dormitory superintendent, according to Vice Mayor Guo Fangfang.
Guo dismissed the allegations that the school officials didn't open the gate on time because they got drunk the night before, today's Beijing News reported.
A team of experts are also checking for safety hazards in the school's shabby dormitory building, Guo said.
Reports said 50 to 60 children shared one large room in the dormitory, which was converted from a four-story teaching building. There is only one exit on the first floor and the stairway is very narrow.
Teachers said poor management is the cause of the deadly stampede.
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