Tel Aviv Building Site Collapse Kills At Least Two People

Tel Aviv Building Site Collapse Kills At Least Two People
Israeli medics and emergency units carry a wounded person away on a stretcher from a construction site after an underground car park collapsed on September 5, 2016 in the Ramat Hahayal neighbourhood in the coastal city of Tel Aviv. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN/AFP/Getty Images)
Israeli medics and emergency units carry a wounded person away on a stretcher from a construction site after an underground car park collapsed on September 5, 2016 in the Ramat Hahayal neighbourhood in the coastal city of Tel Aviv. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN/AFP/Getty Images)
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A parking garage under construction collapsed in Tel Aviv on Monday, killing at least two people and trapping several others under the debris, rescue services said.

Some 20 people were treated for injuries.

The cause of the collapse was not immediately known, and several hours after the structure came down in a plume of dust, police said about four people were still missing and believed trapped under the debris.

The incident occurred in the Tel Aviv neighborhood of Ramat Hahayal adjacent to a hospital and buildings housing high-tech offices and restaurants.

(Reporting by Jeffrey Heller; Editing by Ari Rabinovitch)

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