Spain Wins World Cup, Celebration Turns Tragic with Child's Death

Madrid. During the grand celebration of Spain winning the Football World Cup for the second time, a 13-year-old boy died in the western part of the country, while another child and others were injured.

The accident occurred just after midnight on Monday in Ciudad Rodrigo, a medieval walled city with a population of about 12,000 in the province of Salamanca, near the border with Portugal, according to regional emergency services. Hundreds of residents had gathered at the Arbol Gordo Fountain in the city center when the upper part of the monument collapsed, crushing people.