One dead, dozens injured after stage collapses at Spanish EDM festival

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COMUNICADO MEDUSA FESTIVALEstamos completamente desolados y consternados ante lo sucedido la pasada madrugada.La…Posted by Medusa Festival on Saturday, August 13, 2022The Guardian reports that as a result of the aforementioned gale, parts of a stage collapsed and were flung into the crowd, killing one attendee and leaving three with “serious trauma injuries”.

Regional emergency services confirmed that 14 more had been treated for minor injuries, while a total of 40 people were attended to altogether.See footage from the festival below:Un fallecido y 17 heridos, 9 de ellos graves, en el Medusa festival.

Por el reventón cálido y la caída de estructuras. pic.twitter.com/0Hfat8BJof— ɐɹɐʌǝnƃ sǝʎǝɹ nuɐɯ (@M_ReyesGuevara) August 13, 2022One dead and 32 hospitalized due to the ravages of the wind at the Cullera Medusa Festival that has been canceled.#Medusa #Cullera #Valencia #España #Spain pic.twitter.com/XQg4JaZJX3— Rameez Akbar Khan Meyo ✪ (@Meyo_Zaada) August 13, 2022Una locura lo del @Medusa_festival , infraestructuras cayéndose por culpa del viento que han herido a gente… pic.twitter.com/tWSIUtM8TD— Fran Ciriza (@fran_ciriza) August 13, 2022MEDUSA festival fa una hora #medusa #cullera pic.twitter.com/aKAajWelFE— p (@cheikhpapidou) August 13, 2022“We are in a state of shock because we were 30 metres away [from the stage that collapsed],” one attendee, Jesus Carretero, told Spanish broadcaster TVE.