At a live outdoor music event, a crane holding camera equipment falls and hits four audience members. Their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

Photo/Illutration A crane holding camera equipment falls at a live music festival in Izumiotsu, Osaka Prefecture, on Oct. 6. (Kenta Sujino)

IZUMIOTSU, Osaka Prefecture—Four women were injured at an outdoor music festival here on Oct. 6 and taken to a hospital after a crane supporting heavy camera equipment collapsed onto the audience.

An event organizer called emergency services at around 1:35 p.m. that day, reporting that, “Camera equipment weighing 240 kilograms had fallen and people were injured.”

According to the Osaka prefectural police Izumiotsu station and the Izumiotsu fire department headquarters, the crane, which was about 10 meters long, struck four female audience members ranging in age from their 20s to 40s.

The women were all bleeding from head injuries. All four remained conscious and their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

The music event was temporarily suspended after the accident, but resumed later.

According to the event organizers’ website, the music festival was held over two days, on Oct. 5 and 6.

On Oct. 6 a total of eight acts were scheduled to perform on stage.

The prefectural police said that about 14,000 people attended the event on Oct. 5.

According to the website of Sakai Semboku Wharf Co., which administers the site of the accident, the square where the music festival was held is a multi-purpose green space inside the Izumiotsu Phoenix fairgrounds.

The reclaimed land in Osaka Bay was created from repurposed waste and other materials.

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