One person died Saturday and 17 have been injured, three of them seriously, after a stage collapsed at a music festival near Valencia, Spain, according to local officials.
Disaster struck at the Medusa Festival in the town of Cullera near Valencia at 4:18 a.m. local time “due to a strong gust of wind,” they said.
The man killed was 22 years old, the Spanish Civil Guard told CNN.
The Civil Guard, Spain’s paramilitary police unit that is in charge of the investigation, also said there was more damage than just the partial collapse of the stage.
“Due to a strong gust of wind, the main entrance and the main stage of the Medusa Festival in Cullera fell to the ground,” a spokesperson in Valencia told CNN.
There were about 50,000 people at the festival site when the incident happened, it said, adding that it took 40 minutes to evacuate people from the festival, with the exit doors functioning properly.
Ximo Puig, president of the Valencia regional government, offered condolences to the victim’s family and friends in a Saturday tweet.
“A terrible accident that shocks all of us. I want to extend my deepest condolences to the family and friends of the young man who died early this morning at the Medusa Festival in Cullera,” Puig said.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/13/europe/spain-medusa-festival-death-intl/index.html
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Lol August 13 is my birthday 👀
Nag earthquake sa philiphines sa davao
I hope you people enjoyed, i didn't wanted to happen. but i have no option left.
MeduTHa fefTHival was ruined 😭
Sadly one person died and 40+ were wounded, seen in the last clip where stageparts fell down on people.
RIP.
people : "we going to party!!!!"
wind :"i'm gonna end this people whole career"
how would you know the difference between strong winds and an impending tornado, if they were that strong I'd be too paranoid
Namo Amithaba Budho 🙏🙏🙏 May all be safe.
Apparently, a dry downburst caused this, which means that things went from kind of normal to bedlam in a matter of minutes.
قال الله تعالى ((( ظهر الفساد في البر و البحر بما كسبت ايدي الناس ليذيقهم بعض الذي عملوا لعلهم يرجعون ))) صدق الله العظيم
قال الله تعالى ((( و اتقوا فتنة لا تصيبن الذين ظلموا منكم خاصة و اعلموا أن الله شديد العقاب ))) صدق الله العظيم
قال الله تعالى ((( و ننزل من القرآن ما هو شفاء و رحمة للمؤمنين و لا يزيد الظالمين الا خسارا ))) صدق الله العظيم
What an absolute clusterfck of a scene. You think whoever is running this event would see an impending storm with potential high winds and immediately shut it down and evacuate everyone. Lawsuits will be filed soon.
Do they not have weather forecasters and doppler radar, etc in Spain??
Why would they still go through with this festival if there was some kind of storm coming? Or at least shut it down when it got to be too much! Now you have staging collapse and blow over onto people, electricity is obviously still on and now you have wires and a fire hazard… What a mess. If they thought the money was more important than a possible wind storm ripping through and hurting or worse… Killing people…. Well, I hope they get what's coming bc safety of your guests should Always be the top priority
Thank goodness that big stage didn’t come down, a lot more people could’ve been hurt, that statue looks huge
We don't take care of the planet, the planet don't take care of us.
This is 2011 Pukkelpop all over again. The weather is unexpected.
Geez. Usually they shut that shit down ASAP. Guess it came out of no where?? Las Vegas always makes sure to shut the stuff down if winds are a tad much.
everyone is trippin their balls off not to worry about it lol
just don't party with medusa
RIP… 1 dead and more injuries… 😢 stay safe everyone when strong wind comes
These clips remind me of the Indiana State Fair stage collapse.
The pure chaos in the first clip is insane