HAMILTON, Bermuda (CMC) — A spokesman for the organisers of a Bermuda concert, in which Trinidadian soca star Destra Garcia fell and broke an ankle, has hit out at press reports in Trinidad and Tobago that the stage had given way.

Andrew Holmes, of 441 Productions which organised Wednesday’s Summer Splash show ahead of the two-day Cup Match holiday, told the Royal Gazette newspaper that there was nothing wrong with the stage and that Jamaican artiste Sean Paul appeared on stage after Garcia’s “unfortunate accident”.

Holmes said statements in the Trinidad press that the stage had given way were “absolutely not the case”.

“The stage was not compromised in any way, despite what the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian said.

“The headliner, Sean Paul, was on stage right after – the stage was fine. It’s just a very unfortunate accident.”

Garcia, 38, known as the Queen of Bacchanal, is back in Trinidad recovering from her injury, which ruled her out of performances at Canada’s Caribana Toronto 2017 this weekend. She was also listed to appear next week at the Emancipation Festival in the British Virgin Islands.

A witness told the Gazette that Garcia had slipped while attempting to place her foot on a speaker — a move she had carried out successfully earlier in the show at Par-la-Ville car park.

The witness added that the performer slipped between the stage and a speaker.

The concertgoer said: “It looked like she might have hit her head as well.

“She was down for about 20 minutes before they took her away on a stretcher. It was scary.”

Garcia was taken away on a stretcher, with her neck in a brace as a precaution, and Brian Morris, her manager, said she would require surgery.

Holmes confirmed the concertgoer’s version of events, saying Garcia had made “a couple of steps from the stage to the speaker stacks”.

“She went to do that again and unfortunately she fell. The only way I can describe it is an extremely unfortunate accident. We wish her a speedy recovery.”

Holmes added that the production team that assembled the stage had done the job “for many years” without issues.

“We’ve never had any problem with the quality of the stage.”

A member of the production team accompanied Garcia to the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, then back to her hotel to assist with getting her home.

Holmes said he did not speak personally with the singer, but she was “upset, and physically in pain”.

A spokesman for the Corporation of Hamilton, which owns the car park where the concert was held, said the city had been advised that there had been “nothing wrong with the stage”.

“If there had, it would have been strange, because the concert continued. It’s hard to see from the video what went on. One moment she’s standing and the next she’s fallen. But 441 have been doing productions islandwide for years.

“They are one of the island’s top promoters — we don’t think they would let any performance go ahead if there was something wrong with the stage.”