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nws Dsl 01 baETgaiin), cto sez By MICHAEL O. ALLEN Broken leg in sidewalk collapse A 70-year-old Harlem man was counting his blessings last night after a sidewalk collapsed and he plunged 10 feet into a basement Charles Coqueran broke his leg in the fall on Fifth Ave. and 119th St, but his daughter, Maria Coqueran, was glad his injuries weren't worse. Authorities were unsure what caused the pavement to give way, but heavy rains fell in the area about the time of the accident Charles Coqueran, a former cab driver and factory worker, had walked out of a building near Mount Morris Park and was headed back to his apartment on St Nicholas Ave. when the accident occurred about 11:30 a.m.

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