A major accident occurred during a local football match in Malappuram district of Kerala, in which more than 200 people have been injured. All the injured were rushed to the hospital and the condition of five injured is said to be critical. The temporary spectator gallery collapsed like a deck of cards during the match, injuring several people. When this accident happened, more than two and a half thousand people were present on the ground and the final of the local football match was being played between the two teams.
According to a report by Kerala’s digital portal Mathrubhumi, the incident happened around 9 pm. The match was taking place at the LP School Ground and it was the final match of the All India Sevens Football Tournament. This is the prestigious tournament of Malappuram district. The accident happened at the very beginning of the match. The crowd of spectators was much more than the capacity to watch the football match, due to which this accident happened.
The audience gallery was made temporarily for the seating of the audience and there was a seating arrangement for only about 1500 people. After the accident, the injured were admitted to the nearby Manjari Medical College, where the treatment of the seriously injured is going on.
In January this year, 6 spectators died during the tournament of the Africa Cup of Nations. Actually a football match was going on and a huge crowd had gathered outside the stadium. During the entry of spectators, a stampede broke out in which 6 spectators died and more than 40 people were injured.
The spectator capacity in the stadium was about 60 thousand, but due to Corona, only about 45 thousand people were allowed to come here. But more than 50,000 people had reached to watch the match.
Let us inform that earlier there was a major accident in France on 19 December but the players narrowly escaped in this. However, a groundskeeper was killed in this accident. Two teams were playing at the Stade du Movotore ground in northwestern France. At the same time, the light equipment installed in the ground suddenly fell and a groundskeeper came in its grip, due to which he died. However, in this accident, all the other people present in the stadium survived safely.