A dancer who was critically injured when a massive video screen crashed onto the stage during a Hong Kong boy bandMirror concert has regained consciousness after he was put in an induced coma.
On the other hand, police have taken stage fixtures from the venue as evidence including six giant screens, the supporting frames, and a broken screw as evidence from the Hong Kong Coliseum in Hung Hom.
Pastor Derek Li Shing-lam revealed on Sunday that his son Mo Li Kai-yin, 27, was able to communicate after two major operations following the accident that had devastated his family emotionally.
The father told the Hong Kong media that his son’s surname was Li, not Lee, as authorities had assumed.
Two dancers were injured last week at the Hong Kong Coliseum when a video screen fell on them during the Mirror concert.
The concert which took place on July 28 was the fourth in a series of 12 concerts by the boy band.
The shocking event was captured on social media as Mirror members Anson Lo and Edan Liu were performing with a dozen dancers on stage when several suspended LED screens above the stage came crashing down.
The screen appeared to hit one dancer directly on the head and body before it collapsed over another performer as the audience could be seen screaming in horror.
At the same time the rest of the performers were seen rushing to their aid in the video clips.
Another source in the Hong Kong media said that one of the dancers was “in a serious condition” while the other was stable.
Aside from these two, three females in the audience were also injured, said the police. Of the three, one was sent to the same hospital while the other two did not require any medical treatment but were in a state of shock.
As soon as the incident occurred, the concert was immediately put to a stop and the audience was asked to go home. In a strange series of events, not unlike this one, on July 26, Mirror member, Frankie Lui appeared to have lost his footing and fell off the edge of the stage while giving a speech. This accident was also captured on social media.
Since then an online petition has been going around concerning the safety issues of Mirror concerts and it has garnered more than 13,000 signatures to date. The petition is calling out organizers saying that they should ensure the safety of Mirror and its dancers and refrain from using unnecessary stage mechanisms or raised platforms that maybe precarious.
Mirror’s management company Viu is yet to make a statement on the above.
The 12-member boy band has been in the limelight in Hong Kong becoming increasingly popular for reviving Cantopop and has a huge fan base.