Roof collapse at Dominican Republic nightclub kills 66 including ex-baseball player

At least 66 people have been killed and more than 150 injured after a roof collapsed at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic’s capital Santo Domingo, officials have said.
A provincial governor and former Major League Baseball pitcher Octavio Dotel were among the victims. Dotel, 51, died on the way to hospital after being pulled from the debris.
The incident happened in the early hours of Tuesday at a concert by popular merengue singer Rubby Pérez at the Jet Set nightclub. He was reported among those trapped in the rubble.
Hundreds of people were inside the venue and some 400 rescuers are still searching for survivors. There are fears the death toll will rise further.
The director of the Emergency Operations Centre (COE), Juan Manuel Méndez, said he was hopeful that many of those buried under the collapsed roof were still alive.

Source: BBC