A girl who noticed a person falling from an higher tier at Wembley Stadium says an identical incident at an Oasis live performance over the weekend through which a fan died makes her ponder whether classes have been discovered.
Stephanie Good, 39, stated a person fell throughout a Euro 2020 match between England and Croatia at Wembley in June 2021.
He landed “right next to where we were” on the “stairwell between rows of seats”, she stated.
Named as Jon, he reportedly survived however suffered two damaged ankles, a fractured femur and fractured pelvis simply earlier than kick-off.
Ms Good stated she tried to present suggestions however was unable to and felt the “emergency response was really lacking”.
Oasis, in the meantime, stated they had been “shocked and saddened to hear of the tragic death of a fan” at their Wembley live performance on Saturday.
The person reportedly fell from the stadium’s higher tier.
In his 40s, he was discovered with “injuries consistent with a fall” and pronounced useless on the scene, the Met Police stated.
Ms Good, an NHS supervisor from east London, stated what occurred on the Oasis gig was “so similar” to what she witnessed that it made her marvel “were lessons learned”?
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Liam and Noel Gallagher on stage for the primary Wembley night time of the Oasis reunion tour. Pic: Lewis Evans
Throughout that incident, amongst stadium workers “nobody seemed to know what to do”, she informed the Press Affiliation.
She thinks the person might have been making an attempt to connect a flag to the entrance of a stand and “somehow managed to fall straight over”.
She stated: “They (staff) didn’t seem well-trained in terms of how to respond to a really big emergency.
“Their stewards had been type of paralysed a little bit bit by worry, or they only weren’t nicely skilled and did not know the right way to name for paramedics.
“It was us who were sort of shouting at them that they needed to get some paramedics.
“The primary individual on the scene wasn’t a stadium paramedic or St John Ambulance. It was an off-duty firefighter who had seen the man fall and ran down to only attempt to provide some assist.”
Concerning the follow-up, Ms Good stated workers moved spectators to different seats however didn’t ask for witness statements.
She added: “They didn’t seek any input from people who’d seen the incident or the aftermath of it. They didn’t seem interested in speaking to anybody about it.
“I used to be a bit involved, as a result of I felt that the emergency response was actually missing.”
She then tried to get in touch to give feedback, but was unable to do so and did not receive a response to a message on social media, she said.
A Wembley spokesperson said: “Wembley Stadium operates to a really excessive well being and security normal, totally assembly authorized necessities for the protection of spectators and workers, and is licensed to and compliant with the ISO 45001 normal.
“We work very closely and collaboratively with all relevant event delivery stakeholders – including event owners, local authorities, the Sports Grounds Safety Authority and the police – to deliver events to high standards of safety, security and service for everyone attending or working in the venue.”
