A ten-year-old woman’s scream over an insect sparked a wild stampede that landed 11 individuals within the hospital as chaos erupted after Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” tour cease in Atlanta.
Authorities mentioned a wave of panic began on the Vine Metropolis MARTA station simply after midnight as followers of the “Tyrant” singer started leaving the close by Mercedes-Benz Stadium following Queen Bey’s efficiency, in accordance with 11 Alive.
Terrifying video from the scene confirmed individuals being led into ambulances on stretchers or in wheelchairs and led to native hospitals.
“There was someone that started to scream outside of the station, she was startled by a bug outside of the large crowd,” MARTA performing CEO Rhonda Allen mentioned in a press convention this week, saying the scream kick-started a “chain reaction” spreading contained in the station.
As panicked concertgoers started working down the escalator, it briefly sped up earlier than coming to a screeching halt — inflicting individuals to fall on prime of one another.
“They began to usher themselves down the escalator,” Allen mentioned, including that she instructed board members that the transit authority will do higher throughout the subsequent massive occasion by including employees and higher managing of move of passengers.
“We’re going to have a more aggressive approach to how we staff these events,” she added, saying tighter crowd management shall be carried out.
“The escalator has been barricaded and escalator manufacturer Schindler and MARTA Safety will investigate,” MARTA instructed The Publish in a press release.
Officers haven’t mentioned what precipitated the escalator malfunction.
Beyoncé fan Amber Anderson mentioned she was pinned beneath a person because the mob of at the very least 20 individuals fell on prime of one another, in accordance with Atlanta Information First.
“I see that people are starting to run at the entrance, which of course when you see somebody running, you probably want to run too,” Anderson instructed the outlet.
“I told my friend on the ride back, I said, ‘We’re supposed to be talking about how amazing the concert was because it was absolutely amazing, but this is what we’re talking about,’” she added. “I’ve never been more fearful.”
The ordeal happened simply hours after Beyoncé’s unreleased music was stolen from an SUV belonging to a member of the singer’s crew in Atlanta.
Beyoncé’s choreographer, Christopher Grant, and dancer, Diandre Blue, instructed officers that two suitcases had been stolen from a Jeep Wagoneer that they have been renting for the singer’s four-show cease on the metropolis’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
The 2 stolen suitcases reportedly contained never-before-heard music by Beyoncé, in addition to plans for her ongoing Cowboy Carter tour and different “personal sensitive information.”
Clothes valued at over $1K, two laptops and a pair of AirPods have been additionally reportedly taken.
