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Two Dead in São Paulo Stadium Collapse: Daily

By Robbie Blakeley, Senior Contributing Reporter

SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - Two workers were killed at the Arena Itaquerão World Cup stadium site in São Paulo this afternoon. Fabio Luiz Perreira, 42, and Ronaldo Oliveira Santos, 44, lost their lives when a crane collapsed onto the roof of the stadium.

Constructors Odebrecht have stopped work at the stadium and the site has been evacuated. The disaster comes one week before the draw for the group stages, to be held in Bahia.

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