IZUMIOTSU, Osaka Prefecture—Four women were injured at an outdoor music festival here on Oct. 6 and taken to a hospital after a crane supporting heavy camera equipment collapsed onto the audience. An event organizer called emergency services at around 1:35 p.m. that day, reporting that, “Camera equipment weighing 240 kilograms had fallen and people were injured.” [...]
Ayres Sasaki, a 35-year-old Brazilian rock singer, died of electrocution during a live performance on July 13, as per a report in the Independent. The incident took place at the Solar Hotel in Salinopolis. The singer touched a soaking-wet fan, which triggered an electric shock, killing him. The reason the fan was wet is still [...]
Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau had a close brush with tragedy during his concert in Shanghai. The singer-actor faced not one but two near-miss accidents that left the audience in shock. In one instance, Lau was accompanying a female dancer towards a lift platform. As the dancer descended, Lau mistakenly stepped onto the platform despite [...]
There was tragic start to Saturday morning at the Boombastic music festival in Llanera (Asturias) in the north of Spain. A 25-year-man from Madrid who attended the festival with a group of friends died early in the day after suffering a blow to the head on the big wheel installed on the La Morgal site. [...]
Slovakia’s Pohoda Festival has been cancelled halfway through after one of the tent stages collapsed. 29 people were injured as a result of the accident, forcing the festival to close its doors early. Nearly 30,000 people attended the festival, which is held in the north of Slovakia, right next to the new Trenčín airport. The [...]
Eight carnival-goers in the United States, including seven children, were left hanging upside down on a roller coaster that malfunctioned for at least three hours on Sunday. While none of them were injured, all were taken to the hospital. The mechanical failure happened on the last day of the Forest County Festival in Crandon town, [...]
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Emergency crews in Oregon rescued 28 people on Friday after they were stuck for about half an hour dangling upside down high on a ride at a century-old amusement park. Portland fire and rescue said on the social platform X that firefighters worked with engineers at Oaks Park to manually lower the ride, but crews [...]
An investigation has begun after four people, including an 11-year-old girl, were taken to hospital when a funfair ride malfunctioned at a country show in south London. The incident happened during Lambeth Country Show in Brockwell Park at about 18:20 BST on Saturday, according to Lambeth Council. It said the investigation would "determine the cause [...]
Rapper Amerado had an accident while performing on stage. He was singing his popular songs at Baidoo Bonsoe Senior High Technical School in Ghana when the stage collapsed. Many students left the venue after the accident. Amerado was taken to the hospital, but there’s no update on his condition from his team yet. An eyewitness [...]
