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Posted: Friday November 13, 2009 11:03PM; Updated: Saturday November 14, 2009 12:02AM

Wall collapses at S.C. prep football game; twelve taken to hospital

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Twelve students were hospitalized after a wall collasped at a prep game

The students, who were at a football game, fell six feet, one report said

The report stated another 15 students had cuts and bruises

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UNION, S.C. (AP) -- Authorities say a wall has collapsed at a high school football playoff game in northwest South Carolina and a dozen students have been taken to the hospital.

Union County Superintendent David Eubanks tells WSPA-TV that the injuries were not life-threatening.

Union County Sheriff's Cpl. Randy Manus says students were leaning against a concrete wall during the third quarter of Friday night's game between Union and J.L. Mann. Manus says students fell about six feet to the ground.

Manus says besides those taken to the hospital, about 15 other students had cuts and bruises.

He says the students were Union fans. The game resumed after a delay.

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