A trampling during a concert in southeastern Bolivia resulted in the death of a seventeen-year-old girl and the injury of seven other people, a hospital director said yesterday.

The tragedy unfolded on Saturday night, during a concert by Argentinean cubia bands, Ke Personajes and 18 Kilates, at the Campo Ferial de Lajastambo, in the city of Sucre.

This venue can host up to 20,000 spectators.

“Unfortunately, the 17-year-old girl arrived dead [στο νοσοκομείο]Maria Elena Lescano, director of the San Pedro Claver hospital in Sucre, told a Bolivian television station.

Based on the first evidence provided by the doctors who examined her, she had “multiple hematomas on her body,” he added.

Seven more people, all women, were taken to hospital with injuries.

According to the press, tickets for the concert had been sold in advance, but some tried to force their way in. Others tried to get out, causing panic.

Images released on social media showed dozens of people trying to escape by pushing metal barriers.

The Ministry of the Interior, contacted by AFP, has not yet given an official version of the events.