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31 People Injured By Gangway Collapse During QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Concert

August 19, 2005

News.com.au is reporting that 31 people were slightly injured late Friday (August 19) when a wooden gangway collapsed during QUEENS OF THE STONE's performance at a music festival near Salzburg in central Austria, the Red Cross has said.

None of the injured was in a serious condition with most suffering fractures and bruising, Gerhard Huber, the head of the local Red Cross, told the agency APA. Eleven have been taken to hospital, he said.

The cause of the gangway collapse has not yet been established.

The gangway led to a stage where QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE were performing at the Frequency Festival to a crowd of 43,000.

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