Tempe fire officials tell KNXV-TV that nine people were taken to a nearby hospital after the incident 7 pm at Tempe Beach Park yesterday. The station reports that two minors were taken from the Summer Ends Music Festival with life-threatening injuries.
The city's fire department, aided by fire departments in Scottsdale and Phoenix, came to the scene after getting reports that as many as 40 people were hurt at the event after concert-goers began rushing the stage.
Witnesses told the station that two women collapsed at the front of one of the stages after apparently suffering seizures.
Paul Folk, 55, of Gilbert, told the Arizona Republic that crowds rushed the stage when the reggae band Rebelution came on. After three songs, people were getting crushed near the stage, the Republic reported. Rebelution was scheduled to take the stage at 7 pm.
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"There's been lots of scuffles and dehydrated people because everyone's been drinking," Grand Canyon University student Hailey Ferris, 18, told the newspaper. She reported being afraid of being trampled.
Kanye West is scheduled to take the stage at the festival tonight.