"It got spooky"
Mallorca witness describes “eerie silence”
Andreas Zeck has lived on Mallorca for 28 years - but the German photographer with Styrian roots has never experienced such a devastating collapse drama. He describes to the "Krone" how police officers cracked down on onlookers to search for survivors.
As reported, the Medusa Beach Club on the Ballermann party mile collapsed (see video above). Three women and one man lost their lives and a further 16 people were injured, some of them seriously. The fatalities were two German women, a Spanish woman and a man from Senegal.
"I was there shortly after the collapse," Zeck described in an interview with "Krone" - and continued: "It was like a horror movie. Many onlookers turned up, but the police cracked down to stop the babble of voices, as emergency services were still searching for survivors in the rubble with knocking signs. There was an eerie silence."
No Austrians among the injured holidaymakers
The day after the collapse drama not far from the well-known Mega-Park and Ballermann 6 bars, the clean-up work was in full swing. Zeck: "The scene of the accident was cordoned off on a large scale, many tourists came by and wanted to get a picture."
According to the Austrian Foreign Ministry, there are no Austrians among the injured vacationers. The responsible embassy in Madrid is in constant contact with the local authorities on Mallorca.
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