Hundreds were buried in Haiti School Collapse

The death toll rose to 84 in the collapse of a Haitian school as international aid crews continued sifting through the wreckage.About 115 people were injured and another 200 were missing, said Clarens Renois of the Haiti Press Network.

As many as 700 children were inside when College La Promesse Evangelique in Petionville, near the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince collapsed, officials said. Some were in class, and others were on a playground, Haitian media reported. Most of the students at the school ranged in age from 10 to 20, officials said, but some were younger.

The disaster happened when the second floor crumbled onto the first, said Amelia Shaw, a journalist with United Nations TV who visited the scene.