LMFAO gig marred by crowd injuries
Lmfao's concert in Indianapolis, Indiana on Friday (03Feb12) was marred by a crowd crush after 11 audience members were treated for injuries.
The Party Rock Anthem hitmakers staged the free show in Super Bowl Village, ahead of the big game on Sunday (05Feb12), and 50,000 flocked to the city's streets to watch the pop duo's performance.
However, the volume of the crowd proved too much for several
audience members, and 11 people were injured - with Indianapolis
Public Safety Director Frank Straub revealing most suffered
shortness of breath or scraped knees.
Fan Kaitlyn Blacha tells the Associated Press, "At times, I was
pinned so tightly I didn't even have to hold my body up. Nobody
could turn back. We were just stuck."
Super Bowl Host Committee spokeswoman Dianna Boyce says, "It looked
like a lot of people having a good time. When you have 200,000
people, you have to continue to keep everyone safe."