A festive gathering for a 90th birthday celebration at a retirement home in Chongqing, China, took a tragic turn when a sudden accident occurred, affecting all attendees.
A 31-year-old singer, who had just entertained the audience with two songs, met with an unfortunate incident. While navigating the stage, her dress hem got entangled on the stage, causing her to trip. The fall resulted in her hitting her head forcefully against the rigid stage surface.
The singer, who had been alive with energy moments before, lay still as the shocked audience looked on. Staff members responded swiftly, attempting to resuscitate her. Under the bright stage lights, they performed chest compressions, in a desperate bid to revive her.
The artist, despite not feeling well earlier that day, had decided to go on with her performance. She was rushed to a nearby hospital in Chongqing. However, despite the best efforts of the medical team, she succumbed to her injuries on April 12.
In a similar incident, 29-year-old Sergiho Murilo Gonçalves Filho, also known as MC Serginho Porradão, a singer from Brazil, lost his life during a performance in Recife, Brazil, last August. He was trying to resolve a dispute between a couple at his show when he was caught in the incident and sustained a fatal head injury.