At least 15 people were injured this Thursday due to the collapse of part of Piedra del Peñol, monolith, which is a tourist attraction from the Colombian city of Guatape, in the department of Antioquia (northwest), authorities said.

According to the governor of Antioquia, Anibal Gaviria, “the detachment of material from the upper part of the Piedra del Peñol 15 people were injured who passed through this place,” some of them had to be taken to hospitals in the area.

Images recorded by a CCTV camera show how suddenly rain of black stones falls onto the street territory and covers people moving through this sector, which is often visited by tourists from other parts of Colombia and from abroad.

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The Administrative Department of Risk Management of Antioquia (Dagran) reported that Nine victims were taken to hospitals. six were treated at the scene.

Governor Gaviria added on his X (formerly Twitter) account that engineers and geologists with technical equipment have been mobilized “to Piedra del Peñol to facilitate the assessment and support the Municipality of Guatape in its response to the emergency.”

Guatape, located 79 kilometers from Medellin, the capital of Antioquia, is one of the tourist centers of the department, since, in addition to the Piedra del Peñol, there is a 220-meter-high monolith. the top of which can be reached by a path of more than 700 steps, there is the Guatape Reservoir, which is visited by thousands of people, especially on weekends. (EFE)