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 More than 200 students were on stage when the front portion of the
platform gave way during a Saturday night production at Servite High
School, a private Catholic school in Anaheim, about 25 miles south
of Los Angeles, police said.
Twenty-four students were transferred to local hospitals with
non-life-threatening injuries including scrapes, bruises and broken
noses, according to Anaheim Police Department spokesman Lt. Steve
Schmidt.
The school's auditorium was filled with several hundred students,
parents and spectators attending the concert and dramatic
performances hosted by students from Servite's sister school, Rosary
Catholic School, authorities said.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the students and their families,"
the school said in a statement.
The cause of stage collapse was under investigation, police said.
(Reporting by Victoria Cavaliere; editing by Meredith Mazzilli)
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