Twitch streamer Adriana Chechik says "I broke my back in two places" as TwitchCon pit leads to multiple injuries

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A TwitchConꦯ booth had to be shut down after more than one attendee s😼uffered significant injuries.

TwitchCon took place in San Dieg♈o over the weekend, bringing together streamers and fans from across the wor🌳ld. Unfortunately for Twitch, one of the most notable events of the convention came from a string of injuries stemming from a single booth.

Organised by hardware providers Intel and Lenovo, the booth consisted of two pillars, from which players would attempt to push their opponents into a pit filled with foam blocks (similar to the kind seen in places like traಌmpoline park🌌s to cushion people falling from a notable height).

According to , howev💞er, the pit was notably shallower than expected in many places. That seems to have lead directly to at least two significant injuries; celebrating a victory, streamer Adriana Chechik bombed into the blocks, coming to an abrupt stop; elsewh🎶ere, dislocated her knee in the pit.

Chechik has since the extent of h💫er injuries, saying "I broke my back in two places and am getting surgery to put a meter rod in for support today." She also acknowledged the medical worker who "got the workers at the booth to realize how bad I was injured and to make them keep me still and calm me down until others got there." In a clip of her injury shared widely on Twitter, commentators can be heard making light of the incident as Chechik attempts to remov🧸e herself from the blocks.

The streamer has also Lenovo, alleging that attendants told performers that they could dive into the pit, should do so "booty first," and that the booth was kept open despite multiple other injuries. LochVaness says that she's currently unable to take action over her injuries because ꩲbooth attendees were required to sign a wai💫ver before they were allowed to take part.

We've reached out to representatives for Lenovo and Twitch for more information about the incident. In a statement to , Lenovo said tha♑t it would be working with event organisers to "look into the 🍒incidents."

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