A giant screen fell in the middle of a show in Hong Kong and crushed three dancers from a pop band
At least three people were injured after a giant screen at the Hong Kong Coliseum fell onto the stage Thursday during a concert by the local pop music group. Mirror.
At least three dancers, who performed during the pop music group show, they were impressed by the huge screenwhich hit directly on the head of one of them.
According to the police of the former British colony, two dancers were transferred to the Queen Elizabeth hospital, without further details on their state of health.
In videos shared on social networks, you can see how the infrastructure begins to weaken and ends up dropping the screen onto the stage.
Doctors work on the injured after a giant screen collapses in the middle of the show. AP photo
The concert was interrupted after the incident and the manager of the group, Ahfa Wong Wai-kwan, apologized to the audience, asking them to leave the venue in an orderly manner.
It was the fourth consecutive concert that Mirror held at the Colosseum, where they had planned to offer twelve shows.
“It all happened very quickly and it took a few moments to figure out what happened,” a concert attendee told Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post.
The Hong Kong government has halted the Mirror concerts until proven otherwise that the stage structure is safeThe Secretary of Culture, Sports and Tourism Kevin Yeung said in a statement.
For his part, the head of the Executive, John Leehe said he was shocked by the incident and ordered a thorough investigation to assess the safety requirements of similar shows to “ensure the safety of the performers, crew and audience”.
The concert series of this musical group drags problems from the very beginning. For example, on Tuesday evening a member of the Mirror, Frankie Chan, fell a meter from the edge of the stagealthough he later stated on social media that he only injured his left arm, according to the South China Morning Post.
Other videos circulating on social networks and filmed by fans were shown corridors that sway under the weight of the artists and some dancers who lose their footsteps in the dimly lit space.
According to specialized music media, the Mirror group has become one of the most popular bands in recent years. The last tour of the 12 musicians, scheduled from 25 July to 6 August in the Colosseum hall, was highly anticipated by fans and tickets sold out quickly.
With information from EFE
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Source: Clarin