{"id":126018,"date":"2022-08-14T00:03:43","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T18:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/stage-collapse-at-spain-edm-festival-kills-one-person-injures-dozens\/"},"modified":"2022-08-14T00:04:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T18:34:00","slug":"spain-edm-festival-stage-collapse-one-person-killed-dozens-injured-in-stage-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/spain-edm-festival-stage-collapse-one-person-killed-dozens-injured-in-stage-collapse\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain EDM Festival Stage Collapse: One person killed, dozens injured in stage collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
One person was killed and at least 40 people were injured after high winds caused a portion of the main stage to collapse at Valencia, Spain\u2019s\u00a0Medusa Festival, an EDM fest set to feature David Guetta, Steve Aoki, Afrojack and more.<\/p>\n
Organisers of the 2022 Medusa festival announced Saturday morning that the rest of the fest would be cancelled. \u201cviolent strong winds\u201dAt approximately 4:08 a.m. local, 50 miles per hour were reached by the festival site during a DJ Miguel Serna set.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt was a tense few minutes, I\u2019ve never experienced anything like it before,\u201d Serna in An Instagram Story<\/a>Saturdayvia Reuters<\/a>).<\/p>\n \u201cThe tragedy happened just at the end of my session on the main stage, just below it, which was the most affected (area). It was a few moments of horror, I am still in shock.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The unexpected and severe winds \u201cdestroyed\u201d parts of the festival grounds caused a portion of the main stage to collapse; in the aftermath, one person \u2014 a man in his 20s \u2014 was killed and at least 40 people were injured; of those, three people suffered serious trauma injuries, BBC reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n