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A “huge rock” fell from a slope onto two rooms of a coastal hotel on the Greek island of Crete, killing a Slovenian woman as she slept and injuring her youngest son, local police said, quoted by BTA.
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The collapse of the rock occurred in the early hours of today at Marcos Studios, a family-run coastal rental complex built under a rocky hill in Ierapetra.
Police said the rock destroyed two rooms. The victim’s husband, 51, was in the other room and was unharmed.
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The 47-year-old woman and her eight-year-old son were buried under the rubble.
About fifty firefighters went to the scene and managed to save the boy after an hour of clearing the rubble. The boy’s mother was found dead.
The family was supposed to leave today.
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