An accident at Slovakia’s Pohoda festival has left one person dead and injured forty others.
Tragedies at European festivals are thankfully becoming less common. After a surge during a Pearl Jam set at Roskilde left many fans dead and injured, festivals around the continent rapidly improved safety measures.
However accidents do occur, with one British fan dying outside the grounds of this year’s EXIT event after falling from a wall close to the unique venue.
In a new announcement the organisers of Pahoda have confirmed that one festival goer has died following an accident at the site. Extreme weather affected many parts of Europe this weekend, and appears to have caused a tragic incident at the event.
A giant tent apparently collapsed on festival goers at Pahoda following torrential rain and high winds in the Slovakian town of Trencin. One person has been killed outright, with forty more being taken to hospital.
Of these, fifteen are thought to have been seriously hurt at what is Slovakia’s biggest music festival. One report in Slovakian press states that the person killed was a young boy, claims the BBC.
Organisers immediately cancelled the event, which was being attended by more than 30,000 music fans.
Rapidly emerging as one of the largest events in Eastern Europe, Pahoda had boasted a stellar bill for this year’s instalment.
The line up for this summer’s event included Australian drum ‘n’ bass merchants Pendulum, as well as seminal punk-poet Patti Smith. Now Meg White’s mother in law, the punk icon was due to be joined by Scottish indie giants Travis on the eclectic bill.
The Slovakian event wasn’t the only festival affected by the extreme weather, with Kings Of Leon pulling out of Benicassim after high winds made parts of the site unsafe.
Pahoda has been cancelled.
