Posted on 05/25/2002 6:56:51 PM PDT by GeneD
Thirty people were injured Saturday night in a stampede in the mosh pit of a rock concert at RFK Memorial Stadium. D.C. Fire Department spokesman Alan Etter said one of the injured went into cardiac arrest and was taken to a hospital. Paramedics were treating other concertgoers for bruises and broken bones.
THE INCIDENT occurred at about 8 p.m. ET at the WHFS music festival, an event sponsored by a local radio station. Etter said earlier reports that the stadium’s bleachers had collapsed were inaccurate.
Ambulances from Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties responded to the scene and were assisting fire crews from the D.C. department, but have since been called back.
The controversial rapper Eminem was on stage at the time of the incident, The Associated Press reported.
The stadium, which seats 56,454 people, first opened in October 1961, and is located in southeast Washington.
This is a breaking story and will be updated.
NBC affiliate WRC in Washington, and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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