Santo DOMINGOcTypeface:>The parents and wife of one of the people who died when the roof of a nightclub collapsed in the Dominican Republic last week have become the first to press charges against the club’s owners.
Police lieutenant Virgilio Rafael Cruz Aponte was one of the 231 people killed when the roof of the Jet Set music venue collapsed during a merengue music concert.
A lawyer for the Cruz Aponte family said they had brought manslaughter charges against the owner and managers of the Jet Set club. Other families have said that they also plan to file lawsuits.
Jet Set’s owner, Antonio Espaillat, has said in a video message that he is fully co-operating with the investigation into the causes of the collapse.
That investigation is expected to take several months, officials said. (Agencies)
