The match was suspended as emergency personnel evacuated people from the stadium, where hundreds of police officers and soldiers gathered as ambulance sirens wailed. theSun theSundaily stampede Football WorldNews
El Salvador was in shock Sunday after 12 people died and hundreds were injured in a stampede at a soccer stadium, as the country’s president vowed an investigation//Reuterspix: El Salvador was in shock Sunday after 12 people died and hundreds were injured in a stampede at a soccer stadium, as the country’s president vowed an investigation.
Carlos Fuentes, spokesman for the emergency services group Comandos de Salvamento, said they were treating more than 500 people for various injuries, while civil protection authorities said 88 people in total where hospitalized. The stampede started 10 minutes into the game and after it was suspended even the players joined in the frantic rescue efforts.
“Everyone will be investigated: teams, managers, stadium, box office, league, federation,” Bukele said on Twitter.Survivor Sandra Guzman described chaos at the stadium in the moments the stampede began. She panicked when people toppled onto her, Guzman said. “I fainted, and when I woke up I was in the hospital.”
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