Two people were killed and about 50 injured in the collapse of a tent at the beer festival in the Austrian town of St. Johann am Walde. On Saturday, August 19, the newspaper Kurier.
It is reported that the tragedy occurred in the night of Saturday, when the region rose to a hurricane wind. He completely destroyed the festival room, swept the interior.
The Agency TASS with reference to the statement of the police Directorate of the Federal land of Upper Austria said that the dead were 28-year-old local resident and 19-year-old student from Romania.
Among the injured ten people are in critical condition. They were all taken to local hospitals.
Thus rescuers do not exclude that the total number of victims could rise, because many people began to seek medical help on Saturday morning.