No injuries as abandoned church collapses in CNY
July 26, 2010 5:22 AM
OSWEGO -- Police say a road was closed and a local festival was disrupted after an abandoned Catholic church collapsed in central New York.
Police say no injuries were reported when the former St. Louis' church in Oswego collapsed Sunday afternoon. The church had been closed for a decade.
The debris forced the closure of State Route 104 and four vendors at the local Harborfest had their vehicles crushed by falling debris.
Preservationists who toured the building in 2007 noted structural problems with the church, including water damage.
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