HORRIFYING footage shows the moment two festival stages collapsed during a carnival in Argentina, injuring at least 35.
More than 250 revellers were jumping up and down to the beat of the music before the stages gave way and they plummeted to the ground in the early hours of Sunday.
A couple of youngsters could be seen clinging to metal supports fixed to the wall after watching friends disappear below them in a cloud of dust.
Some of the casualties suffered open fractures and others back injuries during the stage collapses in the town of Vila Santa Rosa near the city of Cordoba.
Miraculously, there were no reports of any deaths.
Local mayor Victor Kieffer said: “When the carnival troupe was passing, the youngsters began to jump up and down and the base of the stages gave way and they plummeted to the ground.
“The exuberance of the crowd and the number of people jumping up and down led to this occurring.”
He added in an interview with a local radio station: “We’re totally devastated because some people have suffered open fractures to lower limbs.
‘MIRACLE’ NO ONE DIED
“We’re absolutely mortified obviously that this accident happened at a party where everyone was having such a great time.
“It was an incident that could have been even more serious. Fortunately, there has been no loss of life.”
Nearly all the casualties were in their mid or late teens.
Doctor Franco Nieto, who works at Ramon B Mestre Hospital where most of the injured were taken, described it as a “miracle” no-one had died.
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He said: “We treated 34 people. Five of the patients were transferred to Cordoba. One was an 18-year-old who had an open fracture to his left leg and another a 17-year-old girl who suffered spinal injuries.
“It was a miracle this incident didn’t lead to a loss of life. When you see the footage of the stages collapsing, you immediately assume people have died.”
Vila Santa Rosa is a town of around 9,000 inhabitants some 55 miles north-east of Cordoba, an eight-hour drive north-west of Buenos Aires.
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