Mirror concert accident: government chemists, independent expert set to conduct more tests at Hong Kong Coliseum ‘on Friday morning’
- Source familiar with investigation says experts will return to site of Mirror concert accident at about 2am on Friday to conduct load tests
- Injured dancer Mo Li remains in intensive care and in critical condition with stable vital signs, hospital spokesman says
Government chemists and an independent expert plan to conduct load tests on installations at the Hong Kong Coliseum in the early hours of Friday as part of an ongoing inquiry into an accident at a Mirror concert, the Post has learned.
A source familiar with the investigation said the team, alongside police, was expected to return to the accident site at the Hung Hom venue at about 2am on Friday and would probably work overnight.
“They will seize some evidence and conduct some load tests on site,” the insider said, adding that some cables and lifting equipment would be lowered from the Coliseum’s ceiling for testing.
But the source said investigators needed more time to conduct their inquiries and were looking at several potential contributing factors behind the incident.
Dancers Mo Li Kai-yin and Chang Tsz-fung were both injured during a Mirror performance on July 28 when a four-by-four-metre screen crashed onto the stage, with the accident site remaining cordoned off to the public since the incident.
Police have also collected various pieces of evidence from the Coliseum since the accident, seizing six monitors, several supporting frames as well as a broken screw believed to have secured the screen’s cable lock and two suspension cables.
A government source told the Post on Monday that authorities were investigating whether a faulty metal cable was used to suspend the screen that fell.
