The number of people injured in the grandstand collapse at the Rowing Canal in Rostov-on-Don has risen to 36.
NotMoscow Wrote that on May 30th Rostov A grandstand collapsed on the Rowing Canal. A woman died and many adults and children were injured.
We have collected everything that is known up to this hour.
🔸"A gust of wind overturned the prefabricated structures of the spectator stands during a football match. <…> An investigation is underway."" Governor Vasily Golubev wrote on his Telegram channel shortly after the tragedy.
🔸The dead woman was a mother One of the young athletes was injured. A fallen podium crushed her chest, and the medics who arrived on the scene were unable to save her.
🔸Newspaper "Hammer" Citing a source in State Security Service No. 20, she wrote:
"Ten boys, aged 11 and 12, were brought to the emergency room, battered as if they'd been bombed. Three of them were in serious condition, one in extremely serious. He had a traumatic brain injury and was taken to the operating room. The remaining victims were transferred to other hospital departments."
🔸Minister of Sports of the Rostov Region Samvel Arakelyan said:
"The weather was fine, nothing foreshadowed... The match started, and suddenly a squall hit. The children hid under the stands. A gust of wind knocked over all three stands. The wind was so strong it even blew down the fence."
According to him, the stand is portable, manufactured according to all GOST standards and does not require securing, so it is likely “an accident.”
Vasily Golubev reported that as of May 31, one child is in serious condition, but is stable. The number of injured has now risen to 36.
🔸TASS, citing the Russian Ministry of Health, reports that 24 children were injured, four of whom are in serious condition and one in extremely serious condition.
Photo: Golubev's Telegram channel; 161.ru