TEHRAN (Reuters) - Around 250 people were injured when metal awnings collapsed on top of spectators at a sports stadium in the northern Iranian city of Sari Sunday, the official Iranian media reported.
But hospital sources and a senior sports official denied earlier media reports that several people had been killed.
State television said spectators were hurt when the awnings caved in over part of the seating area of the stadium, packed with up to 40,000 people watching a soccer game between Iran's main soccer club, Pirouzi, and a local team.
It said many people were treated for minor injuries on the spot and quoted sources at Imam Khomeini Hospital in Sari as saying 100 people were brought in for treatment, including one in critical condition and two with possible brain damage.
The sources said there were no fatalities.
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But hospital sources and a senior sports official denied earlier media reports that several people had been killed.
State television said spectators were hurt when the awnings caved in over part of the seating area of the stadium, packed with up to 40,000 people watching a soccer game between Iran's main soccer club, Pirouzi, and a local team.
It said many people were treated for minor injuries on the spot and quoted sources at Imam Khomeini Hospital in Sari as saying 100 people were brought in for treatment, including one in critical condition and two with possible brain damage.
The sources said there were no fatalities.
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