Colombian bullfighting collapses wooden stand, killing at least four people

Mayor Juan Carlos Tamayo said 800 spectators were sitting in the collapsed section.

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Colombia, Bogotá — Sunday, officials A bullring was opened in central Colombia, spectators plunged into the ground, killing at least four people and injuring hundreds.

The disaster occurred at a stadium in the city of El Espinal, Trima, during a traditional event called "corraleja" where the general public enters the ring to engage a bull. It has occurred.

A video taken during the bullfighting shows that the multi-layered section of the stand collapses when people shout.

"We have activated Trima's hospital network," Trima Governor Jose Ricardo Orosco told local Blue Radio. "At this point, four women, two women, a man and a minor, have died."

Mayor Juan Carlos Tamayo said 800 spectators were sitting in the collapsed section. I did.

Late Sunday, Health Minister Martha Palacios of Trima went to a local public and private hospital for treatment after the collapse at a press conference. Said that. According to Palacio, the minor who died was an 18-month-old baby.

In addition to the four deaths, another four received intensive care and two recovered from surgery.

Orosco said he called for the traditional "Kora Lehas" to be suspended at Trima at the beginning of Sunday, but this was held anyway.