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| Many seriously injured after crowd crush at Falls festival in Lorne | Many seriously injured after crowd crush at Falls festival in Lorne |
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| At least 19 young people have been taken to hospital with serious injuries following a crowd crush incident at the Falls festival at Lorne in Victoria. | At least 19 young people have been taken to hospital with serious injuries following a crowd crush incident at the Falls festival at Lorne in Victoria. |
| At least 40 others had less serious injuries, the Age reported. | At least 40 others had less serious injuries, the Age reported. |
| Those seriously injured are 13 women and six men, some with possible spinal injuries. Reports on social media said some fans were pulled unconscious from the crush. | Those seriously injured are 13 women and six men, some with possible spinal injuries. Reports on social media said some fans were pulled unconscious from the crush. |
| Fans posting on the festival’s Facebook page said the incident could have been even worse. | Fans posting on the festival’s Facebook page said the incident could have been even worse. |
| “It was extremely serious ,” Lucy Spry wrote. “So many of us thought we weren’t going to make it out of that. Not enough exits for such a large crowd!” | “It was extremely serious ,” Lucy Spry wrote. “So many of us thought we weren’t going to make it out of that. Not enough exits for such a large crowd!” |
| Tom Jewell posted: “My girlfriend got caught up and we were so lucky that she got out after we got split up in the crush. Seriously traumatic for her and many many more.” | Tom Jewell posted: “My girlfriend got caught up and we were so lucky that she got out after we got split up in the crush. Seriously traumatic for her and many many more.” |
| Bee Armstrong wrote: “My friend has to help another friend up three times and was beginning to get crushed by the crowd. She said as she was CRAWLING under the side of the tent to escape there were bodies lying down.” | Bee Armstrong wrote: “My friend has to help another friend up three times and was beginning to get crushed by the crowd. She said as she was CRAWLING under the side of the tent to escape there were bodies lying down.” |
| State health commander Paul Holman said the injured were aged from their late teens to their late 20s. | State health commander Paul Holman said the injured were aged from their late teens to their late 20s. |
| Police said a large number of people were injured after those at the front of a crowd leaving a performance by the band DMA’s lost their footing at about 9.50pm on Friday., | Police said a large number of people were injured after those at the front of a crowd leaving a performance by the band DMA’s lost their footing at about 9.50pm on Friday., |
| None of the injuries was life-threatening, police said in a statement. | |
| In a statement, festival organisers said the crush happened when part of the crowd left the Grand Theatre stage, where DMA’s had been playing, to watch London Grammar in the Arena. Further events in the Grand Theatre were cancelled for the night but all normal programming was due to resume on Saturday. | In a statement, festival organisers said the crush happened when part of the crowd left the Grand Theatre stage, where DMA’s had been playing, to watch London Grammar in the Arena. Further events in the Grand Theatre were cancelled for the night but all normal programming was due to resume on Saturday. |
| Mobile phone reception at the site was poor, and anyone with inquiries was asked to email patroninfo@fallsfestival.com. | Mobile phone reception at the site was poor, and anyone with inquiries was asked to email patroninfo@fallsfestival.com. |