Snoop and Khalifa were about halfway through the show when the railing collapsed.
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The New Jersey venue where Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa fans suffered serious injuries from a railing collapsing is reportedly back in business.
The performance forms part of the Merry Jane Presents Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa: The High Road Tour.
The railing separates the lawn from the main stage, which is several feet above a concrete walkway.
Engineers were trying to figure out what happened at Camden’s BB&T Pavilion.
Salt N Pepa seemed to suggest, however, that the show would go on. Most of the injuries were broken bones, bumps and bruises, and one person was in a critical condition. That stage was a few feet from the barrier that collapsed.
A witness tells the news site that the rappers were yelling for the crowd to “stand up” when the collapse happened.
In a viral video, Snoop and the Black and Yellow rapper urged the video to “Stand Up” when the railings, created to separate the audience from sloping lawn leading to the center of the venue, got damaged and stunned the unexpecting crowd.
Authorities say that several people in attendance were injured when a partition fell at the concert. It seems the collapse was due to support poles separating from a support wall.
Both performers were quickly ushered away by security as event staff rushed in to assist those injured.
An emergency area was reportedly set up near to the venue’s vehicle park where injured people were seen on a stretchers and in cots. Many people left the area, while others were limping off or needed assistance from others.
As fans began to rush, packing in tighter and tighter, all of a sudden under the massive body pressure the railing collapsed, bringing on a horrific domino effect.
Due to the incident, the concert ended promptly.
Concert organiser Live Nation said some of its employees were among the injured.
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The indoor-outdoor venue, across the Delaware River from Philadelphia’s Center City, has a capacity of 25,000, including indoors seating for 7,000.
