Festival-goers injured in ‘terrifying’ crowd surge at Boardmasters in Newquay

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‘Small number’ hurt and receiving care, say police, as English music festival confirms Sammy Virji’s planned set cancelledConcertgoers were injured in a crowd surge at Boardmasters music festival in Newquay on Friday, according to Devon and Cornwall police, with a woman describing the “terrifying” experience of being caught in a “massive crowd surge”.Festival organisers said a planned set by DJ and producer Sammy Virji was cancelled, while police said in a statement: “We have been notified following a crowd surge at Boardmasters music festival in Newquay on Friday 9 August which left a small number of attendees injured. Continue reading…

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