Monday, July 20, 2009

Solitary dead at Slovak music festival


One person has died after a huge exhibition area distorted on a crowd of concert goers at Slovakia's biggest music festival.
One more 40 were wounded - 15 critically - when a gust of wind lifted and then brought down the tent during a rain storm in the western town of Trencin.
Organizers cancelled the Pohoda festival, which was attended by more than 30,000 music fans.
One report said the accident victim was a young boy.
Mario Gesvantner, a spokesman for the organisers, said weather forecasts had not warned of severe storms.

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