At least twenty wounded (none seriously, at least for now), but the number is expected to increase in the coming hours. The news from Chile is devastating due to the accident that occurred at the Colo Colo stadium during a team training session. The Monumental Stadium ‘David Arellano’ became a trap for fans who gathered to support the players in anticipation of the championship game against Universidad Católica. It felt like a party day, ended in the worst possible way.
What happened? The videos filmed directly from the stands by some spectators and those broadcast by TV Sentimiento Popular (an account attributable to the South American club) help to reconstruct the dynamics of the episode: an advertising structure that ignored the part of the rostrum that receives people is collapsed. both because it is overloaded with ultrasounds (from the images you can see how many of them were soon put up there to enjoy a better view) and because of the jerky movement caused by the jumps and the euphoria of the people.
The central section of the scaffold literally collapsed, dragging the climbing fans, many of whom fell on top of the audience below as they slid four meters. Fortunately, it didn’t collapse completely, the impact of the steel skeleton would have more serious consequences.
The video sequence is chilling: a moment before you hear the chorus from the fans, a moment later silence falls and you can only hear the thud of the thud and the sheets of metal writhing. Then the screams and hustle of people trying to save themselves. The Colo Colo players, who were in the green rectangle at the time, were immediately sent back to the locker room. Thousands of frightened spectators and fugitives sprawled across the lawn.
The disaster that occurred recalls a tragic accident that took place in the same stadium in 1993, during a friendly match between Colo Colo and Real Madrid (in which Chilean star Ivan Zamorano played). Even so, the structure collapsed, but the number of injured was dramatic: 77 people were forced to hospitalize, even one death was recorded.
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