Mass injuries in Vigo festival platform collapse
Monday, August 13, 2018 @ 10:22 PM
AN ESTIMATED 312 spectators have been injured – nine of them seriously – after a wooden platform collapsed during the O Marisquiño fiestas in Vigo (Galicia) last night.
Those hurt were watching Mallorca rapper Rels B perform at the time of the accident caused by a structural problem with the raised dancefloor.
Panic ensued with hundreds of people running and screaming from the scene, including many teenagers.
Several fell into the sea, and personal effects such as handbags were left scattered on the ground.
Two of the injured are said to be in intensive care.
Mayor of Vigo Abel Caballero says 'nobody's life is in danger' and that 240 of the wounded have been discharged from hospital or did not need admission – despite having fallen from a height of several metres, at least the equivalent of a first-floor apartment.
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