Spain festival stage collapse ‘caused by high winds’ kills 1, injures dozens
- The tragedy happened near city of Valencia when high winds caused part of a stage to collapse, emergency services said
- Organisers said they were ‘completely devastated’ and mentioned ‘extraordinary’ weather with ‘unexpected and violent strong winds’
One person was killed and dozens were injured when high winds caused part of a stage to collapse at a dance music festival near the Spanish city of Valencia in the early hours of Saturday, regional emergency services said.
Other infrastructure was also damaged when gusts battered the Medusa Festival, a huge electronic music event held over six days in the east coast town of Cullera, south of Valencia.
Of the injured, three suffered serious trauma injuries and 14 had more minor injuries, regional emergency services tweeted. Regional health authorities said later that 40 people were attended to.
“We are completely devastated and saddened at what happened this morning,” organisers said in a statement on the festival’s Facebook page.
They said “extraordinary” weather conditions had caused damage to various infrastructure on the festival site.
