Stadium collapses killing at least four in Colombia

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – At least four people have died, including a one-year-old boy, and over 100 are injured after a wooden bullfighting stadium collapsed on Sunday in El Espinal, Colombia. Amid the carnage, a bull escaped into the streets of the town.

The collapse was caught on camera, with video footage showing the crowded wooden structure crashing to earth. Performers were taunting a bull moments before the disaster.

“We have activated the hospital network of the department of Tolima. There are four people dead at this moment, two women, a man, and a better age”, said the governor of the department of Tolima, José Ricardo Orozco, to the local Blu Radio.

For his part, the president-elect of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, spoke out about this event, sending messages of recovery to all the people affected by this collapse.

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