A stampede of panicked teenagers at a nightclub in Italy has killed six people and injured more than 50 others, authorities said.
By Frances D’Emilio, Associated Press
December 8 2018 7:18 AM
A stampede of panicked teenagers at a nightclub in Italy has killed six people and injured more than 50 others, authorities said.
The dead were three girls, two boys and a mother who had accompanied her daughter to the disco in Corinaldo, near Ancona, on the central Adriatic coast, Ancona Police Chief Oreste Capocasa said.
The bodies of the victims were found near a low wall inside the building, firefighters spokesman Dino Poggiali told Sky TG24 News.
Survivors said at least one emergency exit door was blocked or did not work. Mr Poggiali said it was too early in the investigation to know if safety violations might have played a role.
He said that when rescuers arrived, all the doors were open.
He said he did not have confirmation from survivors that the use of an irritating spray, like pepper spray, had set off the panic.
Fourteen of the injured were in serious condition, and 40 others less seriously injured, Mr Poggiali said. Some of those with minor injuries were treated and released from hospital, he added.
Firefighters had concentrated on giving first aid to survivors, stretched out on the road outside the club, before starting their investigation, he said.
