(JTA) — One woman was killed and several people were injured after a stage collapsed on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. The collapse came Wednesday afternoon during a rehearsal for the national Memorial Day ceremony to be held next week, according to reports.
Haaretz has reported that the woman killed was a female Israel Defense Forces officer in her twenties. At least five other officers were injured.
A bank of heavy lights crashed to the stage, according to reports. The accident occured shortly after a large group of soldiers participating in the ceremony left the scene. One of the injured is reported to be in moderate condition.
Police and rescue workers searched the scene for more injured, according to the Jerusalem Post.
The lighting structure that collapsed at Mount Herzl, during the preparations for next week’s Israel Independence Day ceremony, killed a young woman and injured several people on April 18. (Photo: Nati Shohat/FLASH90/JTA)
The lighting structure that collapsed at Mount Herzl, during the preparations for next week’s Israel Independence Day ceremony, killed a young woman and injured several people on April 18. (Photo: Nati Shohat/FLASH90/JTA)
