WC Brazil Stadium accident kills two

Match the stadium, which was completed in the next month or so, it is to be located in the opening match and five others when Brazil hosts the 2014 in June and July for football "World Cup".

A spokesman for the Fire Department, "Sao Paulo two deaths, two construction workers. Has already developed police spokesman put the number of dead at three.

Including the newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo, local media said that the crane is a piece of the roof in place, when the accident occurred, sending the roof fall on the side of the chassis. A spokesman for Odebrecht SA, a construction company, stadium comment immediately.

Brazil has struggled to deliver stadiums, and improvements in public transport and other projects within the time limit set by the world body "World Cup" soccer. Some construction sites, as a new station at the international airport of Sao Paulo, are built around the clock seven days a week to try to finish them before cutting.

Completed stage of Sao Paulo, called "Corinthians arena officially but locally known as itakoirao name of the region where, at the time of the accident, at 94%, depending on the location of the pitch.

Photos taken by local media suggest the injury off the field.

It was not clear if the damage can be a substantial delay in the opening of the stadium, not in accordance with the "Ricardo", Executive Director of the local organizing Committee of the World Cup.

"It is impossible to forecast at this time," trade. "What we do know is that the images appear, the fallen part of the structure."

"At the same time, could not believe that if the delay (construction) three months ago, finds himself out of the World Cup."

Corinthians, professional soccer club who will play in the stadium after the World Cup, expressed regret for the incident in a brief statement, but refused to comment further.

Football's "great shock".

"Very shocking news from Sao Paulo," wrote the Executive Secretary FLAC Jerome "football" on his Twitter account. "Our thoughts to the families of the victims of this incident."

"We are now waiting for further details from the authorities, who are investigating this tragic incident," FLAC.

The incident was a new blow to the image in Brazil and its preparations to host the 2014 tournament. Six stages were used at the tournament in June the warm-up Confederations Cup, but many of them were delivered later than required.

Six, including urticaria, are scheduled to be delivered before the end of December, but all indications are that at least two, in Manaus, wekoiaba, will not be ready in time. Itakoirao himself, who had finished the calendar, will not begin to install temporary seats 20,000 until February.

Also consider building standards, Brazil. A worker was killed while working in the new stadium of Palmeiras, also in Sao Paulo earlier this year. Several people were injured when a barrier collapsed just weeks after Gremio opened the new arena in the southern city of Porto Alegre, in January.

And Engenhão Stadium, built for the 2007 American Games in Rio de Janeiro was forced to close in June after as engineers, said that the roof was in danger of collapse in high winds. Arena intended to use "Olympic Stadium" in 2016, will be closed for 18 months for repairs.

Itakoirao Stadium, on the side is a gritty Sao Paulo, was originally budgeted 350 million riyals (85.51 million pounds), but this shot up to more than 1 SR after local authorities decided to hold the prestigious opening match there.

Corinthians President Andres Sanchez FIFA requirements for elevators and leather seats and extra space for sponsors among the reasons behind the surge.