MEXICO CITY — Winds from a fierce electrical storm battered a stage and caused it to collapse during a rally in northern Mexico featuring a presidential candidate on Wednesday night, sending a metal structure crashing to the ground as panicked attendees fled.
Nine people were killed and at least 60 injured in the accident in San Pedro Garza García, near Monterrey, according to Samuel García, the governor of Nuevo Leon state. The Reforma newspaper reported that an 11-year-old boy was among those killed when he was buried under the structure.
Candidates from Movimiento Ciudadano, Mexico’s third-largest party, were standing on the stage, pumping their fists in the air and chanting the name of their presidential candidate – Jorge Álvarez Máynez – when several of them suddenly whirled around, according to video of the event shared by Mexican media. A giant screen in brilliant orange, the party’s color, began to fall.
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