At minimum 5 people today have been killed and 15 much more hurt just after a phase collapsed at an election campaign rally in Mexico’s northern Nuevo León point out, the community governor states.

The incident happened as centre-left presidential candidate Jorge Alvarez Maynez was offering a speech in the town of San Pedro Garza Garcia, close to Monterrey.

The collapse was prompted by a unexpected gust of wind, Mr Maynez said in a put up on X.

Spectacular footage has emerged seemingly demonstrating the instant the lighting construction collapsed as a quantity of folks were being on the stage.

Movie posted to social media showed Mr Maynez waving to his supporters and then jogging for basic safety as section of the construction toppled above.

State Governor Samuel Garcia urged community citizens to stay indoors since of thunderstorms and potent winds in the location.

“If you can, stay clear of heading out simply because there are storms and atypical winds. I will retain you knowledgeable,” he wrote on X.

Mr Maynez is the prospect of the Citizens’ Movement get together and is at present trailing in 3rd position in countrywide polls.

In a put up to X, he claimed that he was unhurt in the collapse, but that quite a few users of his crew had been damage. He added that he was returning to the scene.