November 8, 2012
CAPE TOWN (AFP) - A female fan of the US rock band Linkin Park has died from injuries after an advertising tower gave in to strong winds and collapsed ahead of a concert in South Africa, officials said Thursday.
"One person died in hospital," Cape Town spokesman Wilfred Solomons-Johannes told AFP.
Twenty fans waiting were wounded and 12 of them required hospitalisation after the scaffolding blew over in high winds on Wednesday outside the stadium.
The rock group said while it was not in any way related to the advert sponsor or the company that erected it, it expressed "deep sadness and concern for those injured and our heartfelt condolences to the family of the fan who died as a result of her injuries".
The accident came as the American rockers readied to play their first gig of a two concert tour to the country.
The concert went ahead as planned.
