section_path: Casualties
section_name: Casualties
paragraph_text: Casualties
  
  The collapse killed 236 people and injured more than 180 others. Police said that those killed included former Major League Baseball pitcher Octavio Dotel, baseball player Tony Blanco (who died saving Esteban Germán), and Rubby Pérez. National football team player Luis Guillén, fashion designer Martín Polanco and National District Mayor's Office's Director of Urban Infrastructure Christian Alejandro Tejeda Pichardo were confirmed dead.
  
  At least 25 Venezuelan citizens were inside Jet Set at the time of the incident, including Telemicro news anchor Elianta Quintero, who was injured. Ten Venezuelans were killed, five injured and others went missing. A woman from Colombia was also killed, while two other Colombian citizens were injured. Grupo Popular confirmed the death of several members of its owners, the Grullón family: chairman of AFP Popular Eduardo Grullón and his wife, as well as his sister and her husband.
  
  President Abinader also confirmed that Nelsy Cruz, governor of Monte Cristi province, was among those killed. Her death was attributed to injuries from falling glass. An Italian man who worked as a chef in the city, and a woman with Dominican–Italian citizenship were among the fatalities. Other foreigners were among the fatalities including two from France and one each from Haiti, Kenya, and Costa Rica. More than 200 people were injured including members of the Chamber of Deputies Bray Vargas and Carlos J. Gil Rodríguez in addition to Rodriguez's wife.