• Source: 2022 Colombia stadium collapse

On 26 June 2022, a stadium collapsed in El Espinal, Tolima Department, Colombia during a bullfight.




Chronology


The collapse occurred at the three-story wooden stand section filled with audience members. There were 800 people sitting in the collapsed section before the accident happened.




Casualties


A total of six people were killed and another 322 people were treated at local public and private hospitals.




Responses


President Iván Duque expressed his solidarity to all of the victims' families and ordered an investigation to the incident. President-elect Gustavo Petro urged a ban on such events, citing that it was not the first time it happened.




See also


List of structural failures and collapses




References

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