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At least four people were on Sunday killed and more than 300 injured when the grandstand at a bullring in Colombia collapsed during a popular event at which members of the public face off with small bulls, officials said. “There are four people dead at the moment — two women, a man and a child,” Tolima Governor Jose Ricardo Orozco told local radio after the incident in the department’s central city of El Espinal. A three-story section of wooden stands filled with spectators collapsed, th...

An 18-month-old baby was among those killed when part of the wooden stands collapsed during a bullfight in central Colombia Sunday, sending spectators plunging...

Four people were killed and about 70 injured on Sunday when part of a stand collapsed at a bullring in the town of El Espinal, Colombia, provincial officials said.



The disaster occurred on Sunday 26 June during celebrations for the San Pedro festival at an event called “corraleja”, when audience members are

Mayor Juan Carlos Tamayo said 800 spectators were seated in the sections that collapsed.

An 18-month-old child was one of four people who died when a makeshift bullring collapsed in the Colombian city of El Espinal, officials said.

The spectators were watching the bullfight in El Espinal, Colombia -- about 100 miles southwest of Bogota -- on Sunday when several stands collapsed, the Tolima Civil Defense told ABC News. In... #elespinal #bogota #abcnews #spectators #tolimacivildefense #stadiumcollapse

A one-year-old baby also died after a three-storey spectator stand collapsed in Colombia during a bullfighting event.

BOGOTA, June 27:Part of the wooden stands collapsed during a bullfight in central Colombia Sunday, sending spectators plunging to the ground and killing at least four people and injuring hundreds, authorities said. The disaster took place in a stadium in the city of El Espinal in Tolima state during a traditional event called “corraleja” in which members of the public enter the ring to engage the bulls. Videos taken during the bullfight show a three-story section of the stands collap...

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's procurator will investigate the official response to the partial collapse of seating at a bull-running event on Sunday, which killed at least four people and injured hundreds.