Footage uploaded to social media shows concert-goers tumbling atop each other toward the foot of the stage. “Everyone started running towards him, as, like, fans and stuff would do”, said Aubrey Bernanti of Lumberton, N.J. Cell phone video recorded during the concert captured the moment the surge happened.
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Of the 42 injures, police said one person suffered a serious upper-body injury but is in stable condition at Cooper University Hospital. At least 42 people were injured as dozens upon dozens of fans fell on top of each other.
The company is already cooperating with the authorities and the structural engineers in identifying what really triggered the railing to collapse. “That (blank) was insane”, tweeted Wiz Saturday morning.
Concert organizer Live Nation quickly issued a statement which included the news that some of its employees were also injured.
Concertgoer Katie Colbridge told NBC News that the crowd was moving to get a better view when the “whole fence collapsed”. The railing broke around 10 p.m., which resulted in members from the crowd falling 10 feet onto a concrete pathway.
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Authorities said there was another concert scheduled for tonight, but it is unclear at this time whether the show will happen. Concert-goer Christina Kinne tells ABC News there was a lot of commotion following the collapse, and the rest of the concert was cancelled. He says he wishes more positive films and TV shows would be made about African-Americans. They were working to stabilize the railing where the collapse occurred and determine what repairs would be needed.
