Hundreds injured as Spanish festival platform collapses into sea

Hundreds of people were hurt, five seriously, when a wooden platform collapsed at a seaside music festival in northwestern Spain on Sunday night, state television RTVE reported.

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Published : 13 August 2018, 01:09 PM
Updated : 13 August 2018, 01:09 PM

There were no reports of any fatalities from the incident which broadcaster Radio Galega said left 266 people injured at the O Marisquino festival in Vigo, a town in the Galicia region.

Vigo’s mayor Abel Caballero said the platform that collapsed just before midnight was 30 meters long and 10 meters wide.

“There were loads, I mean loads of people” on the boardwalk, one witness told RTVE.