Worker for Shakira’s Copacabana beach concert in Rio de Janeiro gets crushed to death

While preparations were underway for Shakira’s concert on Copacabana beach, in in Rio de Janeiro, a worker met his untimely demise, that too by ending up crushed.

He is said to have suffered injuries to his legs, as a result of a lifting system, according to the fire department, The Sun reports.

While he did end up getting free with the help of first responders, he was pronounced dead at the scene, and the concert organizer, Bonus Track said also issued a statement regarding this, saying, “Unfortunately, the technician passed away in hospital.”

What is pertinent to mention about this concert in particular, is that it is fully free, and the crew ended up working for multiple weeks for this concert, especially since its said people all across the world ended up drawn from many areas of the world.

The outlet even quoted a fellow 51-year-old eye witness who says, “Out of nowhere, we saw people running, and when we looked, the structure was on the ground. People were saying that a man had gotten trapped underneath. People rushed over to pull him out.”