One person has died in a stage collapse before aRadiohead concert in the Canadian city of Toronto.Three otherswere injured, one seriously, in the incident at Downsview Park, medicalofficials said.
The collapsehappened an hour before the gates were due to open for the concert, with queuesalready beginning to form outside.
UK rock bandRadiohead tweeted that the performance had been cancelled due to"unforeseen circumstances".
Emergency crewswent to the scene and the area was evacuated.
'Like a caraccident'
Toronto policesaid the stage collapsed at 16:00 local time (20:00), with the concert.
Police said the person who died was a man in his 30s,but did not reveal his identity.
The victims were all part of a team involved withsetting up the stage, officials said.
Alexandra Halbert, who was working in a beer tent atthe show, said she was about 200-300 yards away from the stage, with her backto it, when she heard "something that sounded like fireworks".
"I turned around and the whole top part of thestage had collapsed, as well as the scaffolding," she told the BBC.
"It seemed like there were a couple of minutesof hesitation and no one knew quite what to do. It was only afterwards that weall realised how serious it was."
Jason Ip, a food vendor, said there was"chaos" as people waited for the emergency services to arrive.
"A few people started running towards the stage.No one knew exactly what had happened, but it was clear that people wereunderneath the stage," he said.
"It was like witnessing a car accident. In asituation like that, you just aren't sure how to react."
Some 40,000 people were expected for the sold-outgig, which was also due to feature Canadian musician Caribou.
Source: BBC
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