Thirty Russians Injured In Rome Escalator Collapse, 7 In Serious Condition - Embassy

Thirty fans of CSKA Moscow football club were injured in an escalator collapse in Rome Metro in the center of the city before the UEFA Champions League football match against the Italian Roma, the Russian Embassy in Rome told Sputnik on Tuesday.

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 24th October, 2018) Thirty fans of CSKA Moscow football club were injured in an escalator collapse in Rome Metro in the center of the city before the UEFA Champions League football match against the Italian Roma, the Russian Embassy in Rome told Sputnik on Tuesday.

Earlier in the day, the police department of the Italian capital told Sputnik that at least eight Russian fans had been injured in the accident.

"We received information about 30 injured people, seven of them were carried away on a stretcher, they are in serious condition, five are in a moderate condition, 18 had left the station themselves, they had light injuries," a spokesperson for the diplomatic mission said.

Metro station Repubblica has been closed after the accident.