Stadium crashes, killing no less than 5, dozens injured (VIDEOS)
A whole seating part of an improvised bullfighting stadium in Colombia crumbled to the bottom
At the very least 4 individuals have died and 60 are injured after a wood bullfighting stadium collapsed on Sunday in El Espinal, Colombia. Amid the carnage, a bull escaped into the streets of the city.
The collapse was caught on digital camera, with video footage exhibiting the crowded wood construction crashing to earth. Performers had been taunting a bull moments earlier than the catastrophe.
BREAKING: Stadium collapses throughout bullfight in Espinal, Colombia; no less than 5 useless, 500 injured pic.twitter.com/yXzHgpharS
— BNO Information (@BNONews) June 26, 2022
Espero que todas las personas afectadas por el derrumbe de la plaza de El Espinal puedan salir airosas de sus heridas.
Esto ya había sucedido antes en Sincelejo.
Le solicito a las alcaldías no autorizar más espectáculos con la muerte de personas o animales. pic.twitter.com/dMAq6uqlKX
— Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo) June 26, 2022
Tragedia en el Espinal Tolima pic.twitter.com/UoQBncCm1F
— Elizabeth Cristina Ortiz Peña (@ElizbethCristi7) June 26, 2022
El Tiempo, a Colombian information web site, reported that no less than 5 individuals had been killed and greater than 60 injured, though it cautioned that the authorities haven’t but launched the precise variety of accidents.
The information web site reported {that a} bull escaped into the streets of El Espinal after the collapse, inflicting panic.
Bullfighting is unlawful in some Colombian municipalities, however reveals recurrently happen in rural cities similar to El Espinal. These performances are sometimes held in poorly constructed arenas.
Shortly after the tragedy, Colombian President-elect Gustavo Petro known as on mayors “to not authorize extra reveals with the dying of individuals or animals.”