SAD! 30 football fans feared dead in viewing centre tragedy in Calabar
No fewer than 30 persons watching the Europa League football match
between Manchester United and Anderlecht perished in Calabar on Thursday
evening.
A survivor told said that a transformer near the viewing centre located in the Iyang-Esu area of the Calabar Municipal area exploded during the match and this caused a high-tension cable to drop on the viewing centre.
The survivor said amid sobs...
“It happened during the match between Manchester United and Anderlecht. I
heard a deafening bang. I rushed out to see what was happening. When I
turned back to go inside the viewing centre, I saw a cable coming down
on the centre and this electrocuted the viewers in the hall.
“It was a horrible sight to behold. I wish I didn’t come out to watch the match. Come to think of it, I have DStv at home but I enjoy watching matches at viewing centres. I could have been dead. I can’t believe that the people I was chatting and joking with a few minutes ago are all gone in a most anguishing way. This world is vain.”
A resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Punch that more than eighty persons were in the hall when the cable came down.
The resident said, “The whole thing happened within a minute or two. It happened about 9:48pm. Those that died have been taken to the mortuary. A few that survived have been taken to hospitals.”
The Police PRO, Cross River State Command, Irene Ugbo, confirmed the incident.
She said the number of casualties would be confirmed on Friday (today).
Manchester United reached the Europa League semifinals for the first time after beating Anderlecht 2-1 on Thursday.
The English team, however, lost two key players to injury during the match. Zlatan Ibrahimovich and Marcos Rojo sustained injuries during the tension-soaked encounter.
“It was a horrible sight to behold. I wish I didn’t come out to watch the match. Come to think of it, I have DStv at home but I enjoy watching matches at viewing centres. I could have been dead. I can’t believe that the people I was chatting and joking with a few minutes ago are all gone in a most anguishing way. This world is vain.”
A resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Punch that more than eighty persons were in the hall when the cable came down.
The resident said, “The whole thing happened within a minute or two. It happened about 9:48pm. Those that died have been taken to the mortuary. A few that survived have been taken to hospitals.”
The Police PRO, Cross River State Command, Irene Ugbo, confirmed the incident.
She said the number of casualties would be confirmed on Friday (today).
Manchester United reached the Europa League semifinals for the first time after beating Anderlecht 2-1 on Thursday.
The English team, however, lost two key players to injury during the match. Zlatan Ibrahimovich and Marcos Rojo sustained injuries during the tension-soaked encounter.
May the souls of the dead rest in peace.
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