More than 300 people injured after pier collapses during Spanish music festival in Vigo

More than 300 people have been injured after a pier collapsed at a Spanish music festival.

The oceanside wooden walkway buckled during a nighttime concert in the city of Vigo, leaving 313 people hurt.

Five people were seriously injured in the incident at the ‘O Marisquiño’ event at the weekend.

Many young people were on the port’s wooden boardwalk when it gave way at about midnight on Sunday at the closing event of a three-day festival.

The wooden boards cracked along a central section, about 40 metres long, and people slid down into the sea below, emergency services said. Eyewitnesses reported scenes of panic.

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The head of the Galician region’s health authority, Jesus Vazquez Almuina, told Antena 3 television that 313 people required treatment.

The five people who were seriously hurt did not have life-threatening injuries, officials said.

The president of the Vigo port authority, Enrique Cesar Lopez Veiga, said he suspects there was a structural problem in the boardwalk, which is supported by concrete pillars.

He told Cadena Ser radio that the boardwalk collapsed “probably because of excessive weight” on it.

Vigo mayor Abel Caballero announced an investigation.

The popular annual festival features music and urban sports such as skateboarding.