Emergency services said the storm that hit eastern Spain on Saturday left one dead and dozens injured as part of a festival stage near Valencia collapsed.
The accident occurred shortly after 4 a.m. (local time) at the Medusa Circus of Madness electronic music festival on the coast of Cullera, about 50 km south of Valencia.
“Part of the Festival stage in Cullera collapsed at 4:18 am due to strong winds,” emergency services said on Twitter.
“One person died, three suffered severe multiple trauma,” and 14 suffered minor injuries.
Later, the health services increased the number of patients treated to 40.
The media announced that the deceased would be a man in his 20s, and that he died as a result of being hit by the wind during part of the scene of the event.
According to these sources, the entrance structure also collapsed.
Approximately 320 thousand people were expected to attend the festival.
“We are completely devastated and horrified by what happened this morning,” the festival organizer said in a statement, and offered its condolences to the victim’s family and friends.
According to the statement, “an unexpected and violent storm devastated certain areas of the festival” and forced the organizers to “immediately dismantle the concert venue to ensure the safety of attendees, workers and artists.”
District President Ximo Puig wrote on Twitter that it was a “terrible accident” and expressed his “deepest condolences to the family and friends of the deceased youth”.
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source: Noticias
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