Six dead, dozens hurt in Italy nightclub stampede
205 views · Published 13 December 2018 · 1:37 · Indexed 25 September 2026
Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(8 Dec 2018) Italian authorities were on Saturday investigating a deadly night club stampede in a city on Italy's central Adriatic coast. The tragedy killed five young teenagers and a woman who had accompanied her daughter to the event early Saturday, said police, who put the number of injured at 59. It occurred in the town of Corinaldo, near Ancona, just before a concert by Italian singer Sfera Ebbasta around 1 a.m. local time (0000 GMT Saturday). Ancona Prosecutor Monica Garulli said they were "looking into the various permits the disco has, whether safety inspections had been carried out and whether the rules were being respected." According to witnesses, one of the people attending the event sprayed an irritant inside one of the two rooms of the disco, provoking panic, with people scrambling for the exit. Some of the teenagers rushed outside from a disco door and surging toward a low railing or wall near the exit. The barrier collapsed, and a cascade of teenagers tumbled over it, falling on top of each other. Overcrowding was also suspected but not confirmed by the prosecutor nor by the police chief of Ancona. State radio said about 1,000 people were inside the disco when the stampede erupted. Ancona Police Chief Oreste Capocasa said the dead teenagers were three girls and two boys. "It's the first time in 35 years that I've seen anything like this, Capocasa said. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/ac522606f27536064bba9dab8262c46a
