Bumbershoot reopens after barricade collapse
Sep 1, 2019, 6:30 AM | Updated: 8:25 pm
(KIRO 7)
(KIRO 7)
Video shows the chaotic moments when a barricade collapsed at Bumbershoot, injuring more than two dozen people.
The barricade collapsed Saturday night at the Fischer Green stage just as Bangladeshi artist Jai Wolf was taking the stage.
Bumbershoot released a statement Sunday saying a new barricade was installed and inspected so the shows would go on.
Some people returning to the music festival Sunday were in the midst of the chaos Saturday night.
Video shows a sea of fans eagerly awaiting the start of the concert by Wolf. Suddenly, the large crowd appears to surge forward and then collapse on top of itself.
“We kind of got out from the middle because they were all pushing in the middle,” said Parsa Roshanravan of Bellevue. “We decided to get away from the crowd.”
Roshanravan was there with several friends.
“We felt a push, and then all of us toppled over,” said Roshanravan, “and there was, like, two girls on my legs. And we were, like, trying to get people up and out.”
They weren’t hurt, but many others were.
By Deborah Horne, KIRO 7
