French Football Stadium Barrier Collapses In After-Goal Excitement Injuring 29

Tragedy struck in the northern French city of Amiens as 29 fans were injured in after-goal celebration frenzy. As the fans celebrated an away-goal at Stade de la Licorne, the barrier collapsed suddenly after a surge of at least 500 fans stressed the guarding rails. At least five of those hurt were seriously injured. Twitter "It happened all of a sudden. I don't even know who scored. It just suddenly fell on me. I couldn't hear anything, I couldn't see anything and then the emergency workers took me away," said a 21-year-old Lille fan who himself suffered some lower half injuries. The stadium, ironically, is under renovation and 7.5 million euros are being spent on the redevelopment. After the horrific accident, a video emerged online showing how it all happened. The away end collapses as #Lille fans celebrate their goal against Amiens. Match abandoned. http://pic.twitter.com/IuF2IbDgTo #France ð«ð· — 90min (@90min_Football) October 1, 2017 As can be seen in the video, a barrage of fans collapsed suddenly, crushed by others within a split second. Two minors were among those seriously injured. Amiens' president, Bernard Joannin, blamed the fans after the incident saying that there were no issues with the barriers. "The police had warned us that there were 200 hardcore fans, really wound up, who were in the section set aside for Lille fans. They surged forward, chaotically, more than 500 people, against this barrier, which was in perfect condition." The Amiens public prosecutor, however, assured than an investigation had been started to look into "accidental injury", to find out if the barriers were the cause of this horrific accident. "We have put legal seals on the site (to bar access to it), and an assessment will be carried out in the next few days," Alexandre de Bosschere said.