Teenager dies in Spain after fountain collapses during World Cup celebrations


MADRID, July ⁠20 (Reuters) - A 13-year-old died and two ⁠people were injured when a ‌fountain partially collapsed in western Spain in the early hours on Monday, marring mass celebrations ​of the country'ssecond-ever soccer ⁠World Cup victory, ⁠emergency services said.

The accident occurred shortly after ⁠midnight ‌in Ciudad Rodrigo, a walled medieval city of ⁠about 12,000 in Salamanca province, near the ​border ‌with Portugal.

Hundredsof residents had gathered at ⁠the ​Arbol Gordo fountain in the city's centre when the upper part of ⁠the monument broke loose and ​struck several people,regionalemergencyservices said.

In a statement, Ciudad Rodrigo's town hall expressed condolences for ⁠the victim.

"The entire city feels this loss and accompanies the minor's friends and family in their grief ... ​What should have been ⁠a celebration of the Spanish national ​team's World Cup victory ‌has turned into a ​tragedy," it said.

(Reporting by David Latona; Editing by- Andrei Khalip)

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