On the evening of Thursday 23 May the terrace of the ‘Medusa Beach Club’ bar-restaurant in Palma de Mallorca collapsed killing four people. The toll currently also includes 16 injured people, seven in ‘very serious’ conditions. Among the victims is Abdoulaye Diop, a 44-year-old of Senegalese origins: in December 2017, together with a friend, he saved the life of a drowning man.
Yesterday evening, Thursday 23 Maythe terrace of the bar-restaurant ‘Medusa Beach Club’ of Palma de Mallorca collapsed killing four people. The budget also matters at the moment 16 injured, as reported by the Spanish broadcaster Antenna 3.
The authorities, who declared Three days Of mourninggave no immediate indication of the cause, but said the weight excessive on the collapsed structure in the Playa de Palma area, south of the Balearic capital.
Who are the four victims of the terrace collapse
Most of the people injured and killed are foreign customers who were dining and drinking. There is also among the victims Abdoulaye Diop, 44 year old of Senegalese origins.
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In the December 2017together with a friend, Oumar M’bengue, saved a man’s life who had entered waterfall and had difficulty returning to shore. They both worked as bouncer in a nightclub. The other three victims are two German women and one Spanish.
Sixteen injured, seven very serious: rescue operations
According to what Spanish newspapers report, of the 16 people remaining wounds in the collapse, seven would be in ‘very serious’ conditions, nine ‘serious’. They were brought in different hospitals of Palma de Mallorca.
The President of the Balearic Government, Marga Prohens the mayor of Palma, Jaime Martinez, and the senior police chief, Jose Luis Santafe, personally supervised the intervention of the emergency forces. The municipal technicians carried out an initial emergency assessment of the state of the building.
The Spanish president, Pedro Sanchez spoke with President Prohens and Mayor Martínez to offer them the collaboration necessary to address the tragedy. The central government is ready to send “all necessary resources” to help regional authorities cope with the situation, he added.
Firefighters were deployed in large numbers, ambulances took the victims to hospital and the road was closed by the police to allow rescue teams to work.
A firefighter, who described the scene as “a nightmare“he told the newspaper Last Hour that when the people arrived he was crying and screaming around the rubble. The rescuers asked for silence so they could hear the calls for help from those trapped under the rubble.
