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Festivalgoers have described “incredible pain” and “carnage” during a crowd surge at Boardmasters music festival in Cornwall which left revellers injured.
People on social media reported claims of broken ankles and legs, with the local police force saying festival attendees were injured during the crush at a DJ set on Friday.
One mother, whose teenage son was at the festival in Newquay, told The Independent he was in the “terrible” crush and recounted how a surge in the crowd took place after a speaker tower fell down.
The woman, who did not want to be named, said her son claimed there was someone in the crowd causing trouble during the ordeal.
“There was an agitator somewhere in the crowd who started to rile groups of people around him,” the mother added.
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