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HASSELT, Belgium — A storm swept through an open-air music festival Thursday, killing three people and injuring more than 70 others, an official said.
Concertgoers at the Pukkelpop festival described scenes of panic as skies darkened, winds whipped, rain poured, hailstones nearly half an inch across pelted the crowds and concert structures buckled.
“It was frightening,” said Brinnie Gardner, 20, of Aukland, New Zealand. “It looked terrible. All the structures collapsed.”
Hugo Simons, Hasselt’s head of emergency medical planning, told VRT radio that three people died, 11 were severely injured and 60 suffered light injuries.
Organizers estimated that 60,000 people were at the three-day festival, which started Thursday, when the storm broke.
