Hungarian acrobat’s dramatic accident in Bosnia

During an acrobatic performance on the trapeze, Lili lost her foothold and fell off in front of the audience. Miraculously, the Hungarian acrobat survived the accident with a broken vertebra. The girl is delivered home; she will be operated in Hungary.

Last Thursday, everyone got shocked in the Bosnian circus, where the magical performance was stopped due to a bloodcurdling accident –

A Hungarian female acrobat of the troupe, the 20-year-old Lili Picard slipped during the performance and suddenly fell to the ground.

Thanks to community effort, Lili is already delivered to Hungary, waiting for the necessary operation. Besides her family, the ‘artiste society’ also stands by the Hungarian girl – ready to give blood to their colleague.

The accident was eyewitnessed by the victim’s godfather as well. Lili was doing a swinging trick when she lost her balance due to a small slip. “Her feet slipped on the trapeze and fell off – about five or six meters” – recalled the anxious mother, Tünde Picard. “She was immediately taken to the local hospital; it turned out that her third vertebra was broken, but she could not be operated there.”

Lili’s godfather, Endre Picard, was on the stage during the accident. He would have been the next performer. The anxious family member immediately ran under the trapeze. “My son immediately ran there to help Lili. After that, he had to perform in four clown shows and make the audience laugh while he did not know anything about his niece. Unfortunately, this profession is like that – the show must go on… Of course, after the clown show was over, he left behind everything and rushed to the hospital” – commented Lili’s grandfather.