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As many as 377 people were injured after a section of wooden platform collapsed at a music festival in the city of Vigo in Spain's northwest autonomous community of Galicia, the local government said on Monday.
13.08.2018 - Dozens Injured as Platform Collapses at Music Festival in Vigo, Spain (Photos)
Dozens Injured as Platform Collapses at Music Festival in Vigo, Spain (PHOTOS)
The incident happened on Sunday during a concern as part of O Marisquino three-day culture and sports event in Vigo. According to the local authorities, seven of those injured remained in hospital.
According to Vigo's mayor Abel Caballero, the platform collapsed just before midnight and was 30 metres long and 10 metres wide. Caballero said local and national police and civil guard were active on the scene.
People attending the concert said the crowd was enjoying the concert when they heard the broadwalk breaking.
Pier Collapse at Spain’s Vigo Music Festival Injures More Than 300
Pier Collapse at Spain’s Vigo Music Festival Injures More Than 300
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The pier in Vigo, Spain, on Monday. Its middle section collapsed around midnight Sunday, injuring hundreds of people at a rap concert.CreditCarmelo Alen/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Hundreds of people were injured in northwestern Spain when a pier collapsed during an oceanside music festival in the city of Vigo, the authorities said on Monday.
The pier collapsed around midnight Sunday, throwing people into the water below and on top of one another. Divers and other rescue workers were still searching late Monday morning for anybody who might have been trapped below the broken boards of the pier, but the authorities in the northwestern region of Galicia reported no fatalities.
More than 300 people were reportedly injured in the collapse, and after treatment of their injuries, nine people remained hospitalized on Monday, including five in serious condition.
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An investigation is underway to determine the causes of the accident, but several politicians had warned in recent months that the pier needed work.CreditLalo R. Villar/Associated Press
The pier collapsed along its central section, which had a length of about 40 meters, or roughly 130 feet, “probably either because of excess weight or jumping by the audience,” Enrique López Veiga, the president of the Vigo port authority, told the Spanish broadcaster Cadena SER. The accident occurred during the closing concert, by the Spanish rap artist Rels B.
Martín Tena, 18, attended the rap concert with six friends and was on the pier when it collapsed. “It felt a bit like being in an elevator that suddenly breaks up into two,” he said by phone, after being discharged from a hospital on Monday evening with a sprained ankle. “There was just this huge noise, of wood splintering and people screaming.”
The organizers of the festival said in a statement on Monday that their concerts “fulfilled the security conditions required by the law.”
An investigation is underway to determine the causes of the accident, but several politicians had warned in recent months that the pier needed work.
13.08.2018 - Dozens Injured as Platform Collapses at Music Festival in Vigo, Spain (Photos)
Dozens Injured as Platform Collapses at Music Festival in Vigo, Spain (PHOTOS)
The incident happened on Sunday during a concern as part of O Marisquino three-day culture and sports event in Vigo. According to the local authorities, seven of those injured remained in hospital.
According to Vigo's mayor Abel Caballero, the platform collapsed just before midnight and was 30 metres long and 10 metres wide. Caballero said local and national police and civil guard were active on the scene.
People attending the concert said the crowd was enjoying the concert when they heard the broadwalk breaking.
Pier Collapse at Spain’s Vigo Music Festival Injures More Than 300
Pier Collapse at Spain’s Vigo Music Festival Injures More Than 300
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The pier in Vigo, Spain, on Monday. Its middle section collapsed around midnight Sunday, injuring hundreds of people at a rap concert.CreditCarmelo Alen/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Hundreds of people were injured in northwestern Spain when a pier collapsed during an oceanside music festival in the city of Vigo, the authorities said on Monday.
The pier collapsed around midnight Sunday, throwing people into the water below and on top of one another. Divers and other rescue workers were still searching late Monday morning for anybody who might have been trapped below the broken boards of the pier, but the authorities in the northwestern region of Galicia reported no fatalities.
More than 300 people were reportedly injured in the collapse, and after treatment of their injuries, nine people remained hospitalized on Monday, including five in serious condition.
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An investigation is underway to determine the causes of the accident, but several politicians had warned in recent months that the pier needed work.CreditLalo R. Villar/Associated Press
The pier collapsed along its central section, which had a length of about 40 meters, or roughly 130 feet, “probably either because of excess weight or jumping by the audience,” Enrique López Veiga, the president of the Vigo port authority, told the Spanish broadcaster Cadena SER. The accident occurred during the closing concert, by the Spanish rap artist Rels B.
Martín Tena, 18, attended the rap concert with six friends and was on the pier when it collapsed. “It felt a bit like being in an elevator that suddenly breaks up into two,” he said by phone, after being discharged from a hospital on Monday evening with a sprained ankle. “There was just this huge noise, of wood splintering and people screaming.”
The organizers of the festival said in a statement on Monday that their concerts “fulfilled the security conditions required by the law.”
An investigation is underway to determine the causes of the accident, but several politicians had warned in recent months that the pier needed work.
