A tree toppled into a crowd of worshippers during a major Christian festival on the Portuguese island of Madeira on Tuesday, killing 12 people and leaving 50 injured, officials said.
Officials said the accident happened during Madeira’s biggest annual Roman Catholic festival, which draws big crowds to celebrate the island’s patron saint, Our Lady of the Mount.
Worshippers were struck by the falling tree near a shrine in a park in the hills above Madeira’s capital Funchal as they prepared for a procession.
Pedro Ramos, the health secretary of the local government of Madeira, said 10 people had died on the spot and a further two when they arrived in hospital.
He said some of the injured were foreign tourists, including from Germany and France.
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