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STOCKHOLM - AROUND 40 people fell up to two metres to the ground when a railing gave way during a local football match in southwestern Sweden, police said on Sunday, adding that two people had been hurt.
'We've had an incident at a football game at the Valhalla stadium (in Gothenburg). A railing around one of the stand areas gave way and around 40 people fell, some as far as two metres (6.6 feet),' local police spokesman Steffan Gustafsson told AFP.
'Two people have been injured. At least one of them has been taken to hospital,' he said without providing any further details.
Swedish news agency TT meanwhile reported that an 18-year-old man had been taken to the nearby Sahlgrenska hospital with minor injuries.
According to Swedish media reports, the railing gave way after fans of a local Gothenburg team called Oergryte began cheering wildly on a crowded stand section when player Marcus Allbaeck scored an initial goal against the Vaesby team, from near Stockholm, just one minute into the game.
The game was immediately halted when the accident occurred at around 8.00 pm but resumed around an hour later after the people who had been seated on the part of the stand that collapsed were moved to other seats, TT reported.
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