Of the injured, three suffered serious trauma injuries and 14 had more minor injuries, regional emergency services tweeted. Regional health authorities said later that 40 people were attended to.
“We are completely devastated and saddened at what happened this morning,” organisers said in a statement on the festival’s Facebook page.
They said “extraordinary” weather conditions had caused damage to various infrastructure on the festival site. Staff members clean the venue for the Medusa Festival following the stage collapse in Cullera, Spain on August 13, 2022.“At around four in the morning unexpected and violent strong winds destroyed certain areas of the festival, forcing management to make the immediate decision to vacate the concert area to guarantee the safety of attendees, workers and artists,” organisers said.
People are seen leaving the Medusa music festival after high winds caused part of a stage to collapse in Cullera, Spain on August 13, 2022.A civil guard car comes out of the emergency exit at the venue of Medusa Festival in Cullera, Spain on August 13, 2022.“We are in a state of shock because we were 30 metres away . It could have been me, it could have been anyone,” Jesus Carretero, who attended the festival with his brother, told TVE.
National weather agency AEMET said there had been “strong gusts of wind and a sudden rise in temperatures” during the night, with gusts of 82 kph recorded at Alicante airport in the Valencia region.
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