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3 men injured as TV camera apparatus falls at Calgary Stampede Grandstand

Three men were taken to hospital after being injured when a television camera apparatus fell in the bleacher area of the Calgary Stampede Grandstand Wednesday evening, paramedics said in a release.

Men in stable condition with soft-tissue type injuries

Three men are in hospital after this camera apparatus fell on them at the Calgary Stampede Grandstand Wednesday evening. (Mike Symington/CBC)

Three men were taken to hospital after being injured when a television camera apparatus fell in the bleacher area of the Calgary Stampede Grandstand Wednesday evening, paramedics said in a release.

EMS responded just before 8 p.m. after the on-site medical team called for assistance.

The menone middle aged and two in their late teens or early 20swere taken to Foothills hospital with stable, non-life-threatening injuries of a soft tissue nature.