National Civil Police Commissioner Mauricio Arriza Chicas, at the scene of the tragedy, said there would be a criminal investigation in conjunction with the Attorney General’s Office.
Others managed to make it to the stands and then to the field and were smothered,” an unidentified volunteer with the Rescue Commandos first aid group told journalists. Some were still under the metal in the tunnel. “It was an avalanche of fans who overran the gate. Pedro Hernández, president of El Salvador soccer’s first division, said the preliminary information he had was that the stampede occurred because fans pushed through a gate into the stadium. I never thought something like this would happen to me,” sAlianza fan Tomas Renderos said as he left a hospital where he had received medical attention. At least two of the injured transported to hospitals were reported in critical condition. and “left us outside (the stadium) with our tickets in our hands.”Ĭivil Protection director Luis Amaya said about 500 people had been tended to at the stadium and about 100 were taken to hospitals. “El Salvador is in mourning,” said a statement from the press office of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, which confirmed that at least 12 people were dead.Īlianza fan José Ángel Penado said the game was scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. Fans who escaped the crush furiously waved their shirts attempting to review people lying on the grass barely moving. Dozens made it onto the field where they received medical treatment.
Local television transmitted live images of the aftermath of the stampede, which appeared to mainly involve Alianza fans. Play was suspended about 16 minutes into the match, when fans in the stands waving frantically began getting the attention of those on the field and carrying the injured out of a tunnel and down onto the field. “People began to push and I couldn’t even breathe,” he said.
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