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The scene outdoors Brixton O2 Academy the place police are investigating the circumstances which led to 4 folks sustaining essential accidents in an obvious crush as a big crowd tried to pressure their approach into the south London live performance venue, on Dec. 16.Kirsty O’Connor/The Related Press
A second individual has died after a crush at a London live performance venue final week, British police mentioned Monday.
Gabrielle Hutchinson, 23, was working as a safety guard on the O2 Brixton Academy, the place Nigerian singer Asake was on account of carry out Thursday. Hutchinson was one in all eight folks hospitalized after being caught in mayhem on the venue, and died on Monday, the Metropolitan Police pressure mentioned.
Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, died on Saturday morning. A 21-year-old lady stays in essential situation. All three had been within the lobby of the live performance corridor once they had been caught up in a throng of individuals.
The police pressure mentioned emergency providers had been known as to studies of a giant crowd and other people making an attempt to pressure their approach into the venue.
The pressure mentioned detectives had been reviewing safety digital camera and telephone footage, chatting with witnesses and conducting forensic examinations as a part of a “massive and sophisticated” investigation. It mentioned it was too early to say whether or not any crimes had been dedicated.
The Brixton Academy in south London is without doubt one of the metropolis’s most well-known music venues. Constructed as a movie show within the Nineteen Twenties, it has a capability of just below 5,000.
