Turin stampede victim dies
A woman left in a coma after a crowd stampeded in Turin at a screening of the Champions League final on June 3 died overnight, the hospital where she was being treated said Friday.
The patient, identified as Erika, a 38-year-old local woman who had come to watch the match with her boyfriend, was among more than 1,500 people injured in the panic.
There were around 30,000 people in San Carlo square at the time, who had gathered to watch home favourites Juventus play Real Madrid in the Welsh city of Cardiff.
The stampede was apparently triggered by fireworks which were detonated as the match drew to a close.
Two other people were seriously injured, including a seven-year-old boy, who was also left in a coma but is now recovering.
Some of the injuries occurred after a railing around the entrance to an underground car park beneath the square gave way.
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