Stage collapse at Christian rock concert

From Wikinews, the free news source you can write!
Jump to: navigation, search

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Canada
Other Canadian stories
...More articles here
Location of Canada

A map showing the location of Canada

Wikinews Canada.png

 To write, edit, start or view other Canada articles, see the Canada Portal

Over 40 people were injured, three of them seriously, after the auditorium floor collapsed at a church in Abbotsford, BC, Canada.

Around 9:20 pm PDT Friday night an approximated 900 square foot section of the stage and floor collapsed at a Starfield concert attended by as many as 1200 people at Central Heights Church. Reports from the concert goers indicate that sound and lighting scaffolds collapsed onto the front section of the stage and mosh pit, though it is not yet clear whether this was the cause of or the result of the floor collapsing into the basement 15 feet below.

Abbotsford Police Constable Casey Vinet stated that all available city police, fire and ambulance units responded to the scene, along with units from neighboring jurisdictions.


Sources

Wikinews
 This article features first-hand journalism by Wikinews members. See the collaboration page for more details.
Bookmark-new.svg

Share this:  E-mail this story Bookmark with Facebook Share on Digg.com Share on delicious Share on reddit.com Share on stumbleupon.com Share on LinkedIn.com Share on Google+ Share on identi.ca Share on twitter.com Review on NewsTrust Seed on Newsvine


Padlock-silver-medium.svg This page is archived, and is no longer publicly editable.
Articles presented on Wikinews reflect the specific time at which they were written and published, and do not attempt to encompass events or knowledge which occur or become known after their publication.

Got a correction? Add the template {{editprotected}} to the talk page along with your corrections, and it will be brought to the attention of the administrators.

Please note that due to our archival policy, we will not alter or update the content of articles that are archived, but will only accept requests to make grammatical and formatting corrections.

Note that some listed sources or external links may no longer be available online due to age.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Stage_collapse_at_Christian_rock_concert&oldid=630342"
Personal tools
Namespaces
Variants
Actions
Navigation
Wikinews
Regions
Print/export
Toolbox