SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 21 — The surge of a crowd watching a rock concert has left three teen-agers dead, the authorities said.
Lieut. Marty Vuyk of the Salt Lake City Police said the three teen-agers apparently fell to the floor and "were then stepped on or crushed by the weight of other concertgoers" during a performance by the heavy-metal group AC/DC at the Salt Palace on Friday night.
The accident occurred as the show opened and the crowd surged toward the stage.
One of the victims, Jimmy Boyd, 14 years old, of Salt Lake City, was pronounced dead Friday night of compression asphyxiation, according to a preliminary finding by the state medical examiner's office.
A second teen-ager, Curtis Child, 14, of Logan, died Sunday at Holy Cross Hospital, and the third, Elizabeth Glausi, 19, of Provo, died today at the hospital when life support equipment was shut off at her family's request, officials at Holy Cross said.
Une pensée pour eux et leurs famille.
Un document audio de Brian qui demande au public ce triste soir de se disperser de devant de la scène pour les secours:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-T-nx3Z ... r_embedded