One of the two dancers injured during a concert by popular Hong Kong boy band Mirror on Thursday night remains in a serious condition, after online footage showed him – and a fellow performer – being hit by a large falling screen.
A male dancer was sent to the intensive care unit of Queen Elizabeth Hospital after he was injured at the Hong Kong Coliseum on the fourth night of Cantopop group Mirror’s concert series, the Hospital Authority told HKFP in the early hours of Friday. Another dancer remains in a stable condition.
The accident, which left at least five injured, happened at around 10.35 p.m. on Thursday, when a giant television screen hanging metres above the stage suddenly fell down and hit at least two dancers, audience footage widely circulated online showed.
Internet footage appeared to show that the falling screen landed on a dancer’s body and head, before it tilted and hit another dancer. The two performers were sent to Queen Elizabeth Hospital for treatment, police said, while three female audience members said they were scared and one was hospitalised.
The show was halted after the accident. Mirror manager Ahfa Wong announced on stage that there had been a “large-scale accident,” urging fans to leave the venue in an orderly manner, internet footage showed. She also bowed and apologised to the those who came to the show, saying issues surrounding tickets would be handled later.
