Three people die in Mexico World Cup celebrations as fans crowd streets
Health officials said the victims were 48, 44 and 19 years old as about 1 million fans crowded downtown streets after Mexico beat Ecuador.
- On Wednesday, Mexican health authorities reported that three people died of asphyxiation during celebrations in downtown Mexico City after the national team's World Cup victory over Ecuador secured a place in the World Cup Round of 16.
- Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada warned Tuesday that about 1 million people were celebrating in the streets, urging the public to stop heading to the city center to ease overcrowding along the 5-kilometer Paseo de la Reforma.
- Fireworks lit the sky near the Independence Monument as thousands celebrated along the route linking the city center to Chapultepec Park, where crowds packed streets so tightly that people could barely move.
- Emergency crews responded immediately after receiving reports of the three unconscious people, but they had already died, Brugada said; the Health Secretariat confirmed the victims included two women and one man, ages 48, 44, and 19.
- Brugada subsequently urged the public to celebrate 'responsibly, carefully and with empathy,' while encouraging citizens to attend a concert by a popular cumbia band in the eastern part of the city instead.
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Three people lost their lives on Tuesday night, in the celebrations for Mexico’s triumph over Ecuador in the vicinity of the Angel of Independence. It was around 23:00 hours when on Lancaster Street, almost at the junction with Reforma, a man and a woman, were unconscious after the agglomeration what was done in the area and were crushed. To the point, staff from the Rescue Squadron and Medical ER, who carried out the first aid, however, the man…
MEXICO CITY - Three people have died in a celebrating crowd of football fans in Mexico City, according to authorities. A 19-year-old, a 48-year-old woman, and a 44-year-old man died of suffocation.
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