Trooping the Colour stand collapses

Three others were treated at the scene by paramedics after the incident in Horse Guards Road at about 11am on Saturday, London ambulance service said. Dozens ...

St John Ambulance took a second patient to a major trauma centre as a priority. We took one patient to a major trauma centre as a priority. They cut the proceedings short and police began evacuating us for safety concerns as there had already been 2 collapses with fear of more.

Reports from the scene suggest proceedings were interrupted when a part of the stand collapsed. A woman fell through a large gap seen in the stand, as well as ...

Then a second section had a similar collapse and the crowd was moved but with no one falling through. "Ted is absolutely obsessed with the guards and has been since he was a toddler. We are praying for the injured and shocked. "The crowd was calm but was later moved out of that section. She added: "We were told to stand and heard a scream and then there was chaos in the section. "Part of the floor in the stand collapsed, and at least one person fell through.

Two people were rushed to hospital after a stand reportedly collapsed at a Trooping the Colour rehearsal for the Queen's Jubilee in London.

One of the dozens of people who attended said: ‘Was fun experience to watch until we stood up for the National Anthem, the stand next to us collapsed with someone falling through. People on social media said the accident caused a woman to have a ‘terrifying’ fall. Two people were taken to hospital after a stand reportedly collapsed during a Trooping the Colour rehearsal in central London.

A woman is understood to have fallen through the stand while watching soldiers take part in rehearsals at Horse Guards Parade.

But the medics did the best they could with no guidance." Then a second section had a similar collapse and the crowd was moved but with no one falling through." No news of injuries." We are praying for the injured and shocked. The stands are being evacuated." Up to 1,450 soldiers of the Household Division and The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery, along with up to 400 musicians from the Massed Bands, took part in the parade on Horse Guards Parade for the first of two formal reviews.

CHAOS has unfolded at a rehearsal for Trooping the Colour, as a stand has collapsed causing a woman to 'fall through'.

She was then put in an ambulance on a stretcher. She said there was "complete confusion" and "chaos". According to an eyewitness at the scene, she was extracted after a few minutes.

Five people are treated following the incident on Saturday as a crowd watched the event at Horse Guards Road in central London.

Five people were treated following the incident on Saturday as a crowd watched the event at Horse Guards Road in central London. "A number of ambulances were at that location and stretchers were brought out for the casualties." Five people are treated following the incident on Saturday as a crowd watched the event at Horse Guards Road in central London.