<p>Up to seven people were injured when a giant television camera suspended by cables plummeted to the ground in the Rio Olympic Park today, a spokesperson said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The black camera, known as a 'spidercam' and used to take aerial shots of the park, came crashing to the ground just outside the basketball stadium early in the afternoon.<br /><br />Video clips uploaded to Twitter showed two shocked-looking women sitting on the ground bleeding. One appears to be bleeding from the nose while the other has blood on her arm.<br />Another video showed a girl being taken into an ambulance on a stretcher after the camera, the size of a small motorbike, crashed from a great height.<br /><br />"Olympic Broadcasting Services had realised that the weight of the camera was too much so they started to isolate the area before it fell," a spokesperson for the Games told AFP.<br /><br />"They thought the wire could hold for a little bit more. (But) the camera fell and hit one of the fences that was isolating the area.<br /><br />"The camera and the fence hit two women. We're still working to get all the information but we think seven people were injured. They are not serious," the spokesperson added</p>
<p>Up to seven people were injured when a giant television camera suspended by cables plummeted to the ground in the Rio Olympic Park today, a spokesperson said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The black camera, known as a 'spidercam' and used to take aerial shots of the park, came crashing to the ground just outside the basketball stadium early in the afternoon.<br /><br />Video clips uploaded to Twitter showed two shocked-looking women sitting on the ground bleeding. One appears to be bleeding from the nose while the other has blood on her arm.<br />Another video showed a girl being taken into an ambulance on a stretcher after the camera, the size of a small motorbike, crashed from a great height.<br /><br />"Olympic Broadcasting Services had realised that the weight of the camera was too much so they started to isolate the area before it fell," a spokesperson for the Games told AFP.<br /><br />"They thought the wire could hold for a little bit more. (But) the camera fell and hit one of the fences that was isolating the area.<br /><br />"The camera and the fence hit two women. We're still working to get all the information but we think seven people were injured. They are not serious," the spokesperson added</p>