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Images of the accident showed a crowd fleeing as the structure supporting the stage toppled over and a giant screen fell on the stage where longshot presidential candidate Jorge Alvarez Maynez and members of his Citizens' Movement party were standing. [Courtesy, X]
A stage collapsed in northern Mexico on Wednesday as strong winds gusted through a presidential candidate's campaign rally, leaving at least five people dead and around 50 others injured, authorities said.
Images of the accident showed a crowd fleeing as the structure supporting the stage toppled over and a giant screen fell on the stage where longshot presidential candidate Jorge Alvarez Maynez and members of his Citizens' Movement party were standing.
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