Published 16:51 IST, September 3rd 2019
Spanish Pop star died after getting struck by fireworks on stage
30-year-old, Joana Sainz died after getting stuck by fireworks on stage while performing with her crew Super Hollywood Orchestra, at a festival in Spain
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30-year-old, Joana Sainz was killed in a freak accident on st, while she was performing with her crew, Super Hollywood Orchestra, at a festival in Spain on Sunday, September 1. trdy occurred when an exploding st firework struck her. According to some eye witness, re were two rockets that launched at same time, one went in right direction and or one hit singer right in abdominal area.
Tunes Turning into trdy
Joana was performing with her team of 15 members, in small town of Las Berlanas, about 80 miles rthwest of Mrid, in a four-day long fiesta, when suddenly shards of metal hit her stomach as a pyrotechnic device exploded mid-performance. Soon after incident, paramedics attended singer and transported her to hospital in an unconscious state, where she was later prounced de.
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A group promoter, Isidoro López informed local news ncy Avila Red, that one from ir team can explain how trdy occurred, "we have been doing same thing for five years and never expected that such a thing could ever happen." He furr ded that "sparks were meant to last for 15 to 20 seconds, to d a little fancy to show." In this case, manufacturer may have accidentally filled one of sparklers with wrong material, causing device’s metal casing to explode, López informed.
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Original foot of tragic event
In a video from festival, Joana can be seen performing with her crew on st, before explosion abruptly ended performance. She was group’s principal dancer and chief choreographer, as she collapsed, her team rushed to her along with a doctor and four nurses who were in audience.
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Sainz was immediately taken to hospital, where she succumbed to injuries. "A night started [with] partying and ended up in a terrible trdy,” wrote a fan who posted a clip on Facebook of incident. About 1000 people h attended closing of festival, that h to be shifted from town square due to its popularity.
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town of Las Berlanas posted a tribute to Sainz on its official Facebook p in memory of lost artist, “We want to pay our condolences to family of Joana . . . of Super Hollywood group who yesterday passed away, as well as to her group members. RIP Johana Sainz. You are in our memory.” it stated.
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(With PTI inputs)
15:08 IST, September 3rd 2019