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Woman 'fractures knee' in Boardmasters crowd surge
Jade Brooks had about 10 people fall on her during a "crowd crush" at the Cornwall event, she says.
BBC News
Boardmasters Festival is an annual event held in Cornwall, United Kingdom, usually spanning five days on the second weekend of August. The event is a combination of live music and surfing/skateboarding competitions in and around the town of Newquay. The festival was founded in 1981 as a surfing competition, and in 2005 it was expanded to include music acts, taking place at Watergate Bay. In 2024 the official capacity of the event was increased to 58,000.
Jade Brooks had about 10 people fall on her during a "crowd crush" at the Cornwall event, she says.
A woman has described the "absolute chaos" she found in the medical tent at the Boardmasters music festival when she tried to get..