More than 100 people were reportedly caught in a pedestrian underpass just before midnight
New year’s fireworks in Melbourne’s CBD. The city council will investigate a crowd crush in the Elizabeth Street pedestrian underpass.New year’s fireworks in Melbourne’s CBD. The city council will investigate a crowd crush in the Elizabeth Street pedestrian underpass.Mon 2 Jan 2023 03.27 GMTAuthorities will investigate a “terrifying” crowd crush that occurred in a pedestrian tunnel in
It is understood the Elizabeth Street underpass will be investigated by the council, which is exploring a number of contributing factors. The most serious complaints centre on the crowd crush in the Elizabeth Street tunnel, with claims that revellers who had been diverted from blocked-off Flinders Street were directed into the already crowded underpass.
“Except we couldn’t,” they said. “Roughly another hundred people had been pushed in directly behind us.“So we’re walking forward a few metres at a time and the tunnel is getting hotter and hotter, people are sweating, you’re aware that people are starting to press into you from every side.
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