Globe theater Rome steps down during a student trip, 11 injured

(ANSA) - ROME, SEPTEMBER 22 - Several students were injured after the collapse of the staircase of the Globe Theater of Villa Borghese in Rome.

There are 13 people involved, of which ten (5 adults and 6 boys) transported to hospital for trauma injuries: luckily none of them are in danger of life.

"We were descending the stairs to get out and they gave way while some of us were walking along them and fell. It all happened in a few moments", the students of a Roman high school told rescuers.

    The wooden stairs gave way because the sealing plates of the ramp would have been released.

"It is a serious fact, we are very sorry for the boys involved and we must ascertain their responsibility", said the mayor of Rome, Roberto Gualtieri - now the Globe will be declared uninhabitable and we do not know how long it will be closed ". A pile of debris - that the brigade they removed the fire - it formed after the collapse. "The operation room of 112 reacted promptly by sending 118 ambulances, firefighters and law enforcement to the scene.

In all, thirteen people would be involved, who were promptly taken care of by the health professionals, some of these were evaluated on the spot ", said head of the regional public aid policy and 112 directorate, Livio De Angelis.

   (ANSA).