Woman is injured in ‘terrifying’ fall as stand collapses at Trooping the Colour rehearsal
Woman is injured in ‘terrifying’ fall as stand collapses at Trooping the Colour rehearsal in front of ‘shocked’ spectators
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A woman has been injured in a ‘terrifying’ fall after a stand collapsed during a rehearsal for next week’s Trooping the Colour.
Spectators who had gathered for the event today were ‘shocked’ when part of the stand holding them collapsed, leaving one woman hurt.
Part of the stand was evacuated following the incident and a woman was seen being stretchered towards a St John Ambulance at the scene.
Witnesses said part of the floor to one of the stands collapsed while spectators were watching soldiers of the Household Division and The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery perform.
People being evacuated from the stand following an incident in the stand at The Major General’s Review on Horse Guards Parade
Dozens of spectators had crowded into the stand to see the event on Saturday, May 21
One woman was left injured, with St John Ambulance seen taking her away on a stretcher
Witness Zoe Clark-Coates said on Twitter: ‘What we just witnessed was terrifying, but we are safe!
‘Part of the floor in the stand collapsed, and at least one person fell through. We are praying for the injured and shocked.
‘The stands are being evacuated.’
The event was being reviewed by The Major General and was taking place less than two weeks before the Platinum Jubilee Trooping the Colour, which will be reviewed by The Queen.
Both events are broadly similar, except Trooping the Colour reviewed by Her Majesty also features the Guardsmen Street Lining on the Mall, The Mirror reports.
