At least sixteen people were killed and more than 50 were injured during a Carnival parade in Bandeira do Sul, a village of 6,000 inhabitants in the state of Minas Gerais, south-east of Brazil, 427 km from Belo Horizonte. The victims have been electrocuted by a fallen high tension cable on a "power trio", a truck load of people and amplifiers that goes through the streets playing marches and songs of "Carnaval." "Someone made from a coil, an artificial fire, which cut the cord - said Daniel de Oliveira, director of Carnaband, a pre-carnival party in the country which brought together more than 10 000 people - The power cord has fallen on truck that was completely packed with people.
It was chaos. Many people have fallen from the top of the truck. Who tried to remove other people were electrocuted by the current. The light is gone immediately, it was a horror. " The high voltage cable has downloaded seven thousand volts on the bandwagon. Many teenagers who danced on the "electric trio 'is dead.
Over 55 people are admitted to hospitals in the region with burns of various degrees. It was a disaster.
It was chaos. Many people have fallen from the top of the truck. Who tried to remove other people were electrocuted by the current. The light is gone immediately, it was a horror. " The high voltage cable has downloaded seven thousand volts on the bandwagon. Many teenagers who danced on the "electric trio 'is dead.
Over 55 people are admitted to hospitals in the region with burns of various degrees. It was a disaster.
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