The fall of several structures and part of a stage due to a strong wind caused one death and 40 injuries this Saturday during the Medusa music festival in the coastal tourist town of Cullera, in the Spanish province of Valencia.
The deceased is a 22 year oldand the wounded, “of different consideration”, were taken to four hospitals in the area, reported the security forces and the Valencian regional authorities.
Several ambulances were dispatched to the scene to care for and transfer the victims of the accident, although some people have already been discharged.
In a statement, the organization of the festival explained that, following the inclement weather this morning, its celebration was temporarily suspended and the premises were vacated as a preventive security measure, since the main entrance also collapsed.
The Medusa, a festival of electronic music Inaugurated this Friday, it expected the attendance of some 320,000 people until Sunday, when it was scheduled to end in Cullera, a Mediterranean town that is filled with vacationers during July and August.
