Old Video Of People Dancing Atop A UK Bus Stop And Its Roof Collapsing Viral Again

In reaction to racial unrest in London in 1959, Trinidadian activist Claudia Jones set up a Caribbean carnival, sowing the seeds for what is now one of the biggest street celebrations worldwide. The Notting Hill Carnival is a yearly celebration that takes place on the August Bank Holiday weekend.

The event was held this year from August 24 to 26. With nearly a million individuals attending the celebrations, certain mishaps are inevitable. A video from the 2022 celebrations, showing a bus stop roof suddenly falling while carnival-goers twerk atop it, has gone viral.

First, a woman is seen on the roof of the bus stop in the viral video twerking to the shouts of onlookers.

Then, about ten more people join her on the roof in a scene that was captured on camera by onlookers jam-packing the posh neighbourhood made famous by Julia Roberts’ 1999 romantic comedy Notting Hill.

Onlookers scream in fear as the roof abruptly collapses, knocking into numerous persons strolling beneath and causing those on top to slide down.

The collapse was attended to by police, according to London’s Metropolitan Police. According to the NY Post, the force stated that “two people sustained minor injuries,” emphasising that the injured did not require additional medical attention.

The video of the incident was re-shared on X (formerly Twitter) and has amassed over 1 lakh views.

Metropolitan Police swiftly confirmed that the video was not recent. They said, “This video was filmed in 2022, not today.”

Meanwhile, many users were highly critical of the act.

A user stated, “Society is also collapsing under the weight of these people.”

Another user mentioned, “The city will be sued for not building their bus shelters strong enough. Wait.”

“Instant karma”, said a user.

Meanwhile, an individual said, “Our government might not be teaching them a lesson but our architecture/ infrastructure sure is.”

The origins of the funfair may be traced back to the “Windrush” generation of thousands of Caribbean migrants who arrived in Britain around 1948 and 1971 to assist in the rehabilitation of the country after World War II.

Their arrival was followed by racial tensions and discriminatory treatment of Black people, which resulted in riots in 1958, particularly in Notting Hill where most Caribbean migrants lived.

The event this year coincides with a wave of far-right, racist violence that rocked England in late July, when fraudulent online accounts of the person accused of killing three young girls with a knife in Southport, northwest England, went viral.