Angry fans crash through gate at El Salvador soccer match in stampede that kills 12, injures dozens

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By MARCOS ALEMÁN

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Fans angry at being blocked from entering a Salvadoran soccer league match despite having tickets knocked down a small access gate to the stadium, creating a crush that killed 12 people and injured dozens, officials and witnesses said Sunday.

Diego Armando, 14, said he went with this father to watch Saturday night’s quarterfinals match between clubs Alianza and Fas at Monumental Stadium in Cuscatlan in southern San Salvador, the nation’s capital.

He recalled being in the crowd when the tragedy struck. “There were so many people that the small gate couldn’t support them and it went down,” he told Channel 12 television.

“I fell and my body from my waist to my feet was crushed. Five people pulled me free and saved me by a miracle. Two people in front of me died. I spoke to one and he didn’t move,” the boy said.


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[ThoughtCriminal]

1. Almost happened to me many years ago

Auburn-Alabama football game in Birmingham. One of the gates that was supposed to be open was locked and the fans kept moving towards it since it was the gate printed on their tickets. The people at the front were getting pushed against the gate and their shouts could not be heard over all the game-day noise. Scary, but nobody was killed and I managed to slip out eventually.

[C Moon]

2. Scary!