Chinese teenager dies after stage collapses during dance audition
- Fourteen other children injured, three seriously, at Golden Daffodil Theatre in Fujian province
A 13-year-old was killed and 14 other children injured when a stage collapsed during an audition on Saturday evening in southeast China.
Over a hundred children and dozens of adults were standing on the stage at the Golden Daffodil theatre in Zhangzhou before the centre part of the stage suddenly collapsed, bringing dozens of people down with it.
The children had been auditioning for a dancing display known as the Lucky Peacock.
A one minute-long video capturing the accident was shown by state broadcaster CCTV on Sunday morning, showing some children sitting on the front of the stage, while others were still walking to get into position for a group photo.
“Children don’t move, don’t move!” a female voice said through a microphone as children and adults screamed when the stage fell, the video showed.