Loveparade death toll raised

2010-07-25 by Damrod EMERITUS | 42 Comments
In a press conference (12am CEST) regarding the tragic events leading to the death of 19 guests at this years Loveparade in Duisburg Germany, the head of the organisation staff of the Loveparade declared: this is the end of Loveparade.

"The Loveparade has always been a peacefull and happy event, a giant party. Yesterday's events change that forever and would always overshadow future Loveparades. We therefore made the decision, that we will not plan a Loveparade. Not next year, not ever again." said Rainer Schaller, head of the Loveparade GmbH.

The department of public prosecution has already started to investigate to clear up the reasons leading to the death of 19 people during a stampede in a tunnel leading to the festival grounds. As it was explained during the press conference, none of the victims died in the actual tunnel, but outside. Presumably while climbing over fences to get onto the then locked down site (due to too many guests).

The death toll of 15 from yesterday has been raised to 16 people dead on the site, while 3 people died in the hospital later due to their injuries, going up to 19 in total. Among the dead are besides Germans also people from the Netherlands, Australia, China and Italy.

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Damrod
Moderator
July 25th 2010
1093 Comments


My two younger brothers were there yesterday, those were some fucked up 2 1/2 hours until we got the notice they are safe and alright.

Awful for the relatives of those who died. RIP

vanderb0b
July 25th 2010
3473 Comments


Glad that your younger brothers are fine, man. This really sucks, terrible way to die. R.I.P

Captain North
July 25th 2010
6793 Comments


typo in the last sentence btw

Yeah, this is pretty fucked up. By the sounds of it, the people who died where the ones trying to climb to safety. Nasty.

DaveyBoy
Emeritus
July 25th 2010
22503 Comments


I can imagine that would have been a tough time for you & your family Damrod, because mobile phone reception at music festivals is usually very ordinary.

Titan50
July 25th 2010
4588 Comments


So fucked up...

FelixCulpa
July 25th 2010
1243 Comments


Damn festivals aren't having the best year.

Ire
July 25th 2010
41944 Comments


That's horrible

DoubtGin
July 25th 2010
6879 Comments


I dont know why this hasnt been cancelled as there were 1.5 milion people and the stage was for 350.000

rip

ThePalestMexican
July 25th 2010
2816 Comments


Damn man...
Well the festival being canceled would've been the best for the image of the festival.

klap
Emeritus
July 25th 2010
12410 Comments


this sucks, i went to the san fran version last year

Ayon
July 25th 2010
160 Comments


Wow, this is truly a tragedy. I hope something good comes out of this.

droppingknowledge
July 25th 2010
2 Comments


those germans, always gotta kill someone i guess

SCREAM!
July 25th 2010
15755 Comments


It sucks that this is all a result of poor planning and stupidity from the people organizing

RIP

8bit
July 25th 2010
3317 Comments


What a terrible way to go.

R.I.P.

lennarr
July 25th 2010
18 Comments


"those germans, always gotta kill someone i guess"


not very funny.

vanderb0b
July 25th 2010
3473 Comments


^123

Dogget
July 25th 2010
781 Comments


It's shocking that things like this are still happening.

Nomos
July 25th 2010
1737 Comments


truly the perfect example of sheeple. Dumb tards trampling people and rushing around as a hivemind. Christ. The stampeders should have been killed.

Psilocyanide
July 25th 2010
1823 Comments


lovepanda

Zeno
July 25th 2010
205 Comments


'truly the perfect example of sheeple. Dumb tards trampling people and rushing around as a
hivemind'

truly the perfect example of somebody who isn't knowledgeable about an incident but commenting anyway

Yeahtoast
July 25th 2010
2041 Comments


Pointless stupid accident.

vanderb0b
July 25th 2010
3473 Comments


"truly the perfect example of sheeple. Dumb tards trampling people and rushing around as a hivemind. Christ. The stampeders should have been killed."

Fuck off, kid. If you know nothing about an issue, don't talk about it. Please, shut up.

SCREAM!
July 25th 2010
15755 Comments


It isnt necessarily the stampeders faults. Theyre being pushed by thousands of people behind them that have no idea wats going on and are trying to get inside. I doubt any of the stampeders wanted it to happen but you cant fight back against that many people pushing against you

Its totaly the fault of the organisers for picking a location that was much too small and that only had onw small entrance

TRMshadow
July 25th 2010
5119 Comments


Pointless deaths that could have been avoided, this is just depressing

bailar11
July 25th 2010
2433 Comments


enrique sends his regards to the families of the lost loved ones

rip

GenNarain
July 25th 2010
781 Comments


really sucks. rip

CutMan
July 25th 2010
1926 Comments


This is so sad... Yeah, I feel bad for everyone who lost a loved one in this, and everyone who died. What a way to go. *shakes head*

laterenima
July 25th 2010
278 Comments


Ergh, I'm from Australia...
Why would this happen at a techno-pop festival?
It sucks so much, RIP.

EyesWideShut
July 25th 2010
6124 Comments


sucks. my mom was already bashing the "heavy metal" crowd for the deaths.

Eclectic
July 26th 2010
3302 Comments


Fuck off, kid. If you know nothing about an issue, don't talk about it. Please, shut up.

Give the kid a break, if he doesn't understand something tell him why he's wrong, don't just insult him.

RIP

Torii
July 26th 2010
845 Comments


shit...

paradoxycles
July 26th 2010
22 Comments


RIP to those who passed on this fucking horrible day

SoapySoap
July 26th 2010
865 Comments


That's terrible for the people and the festival.

paxman
July 26th 2010
4084 Comments


A girl from my hometown was there. Thankfully, she survived.

HipsterHolocaust
July 27th 2010
774 Comments


Damn festivals aren't having the best year.


ShadowRemains
July 27th 2010
28667 Comments


god what the fuck are people thinking these days....

HipsterHolocaust
July 28th 2010
774 Comments


More like not thinking.

klap
Emeritus
July 28th 2010
12410 Comments


latest news is there will be no more Love Parades

HipsterHolocaust
July 28th 2010
774 Comments


Not surprised.

Same thing is gonna happen here when all the little 16 and under raver kids start dropping like flies at massives.

TRMshadow
July 28th 2010
5119 Comments


It will be a bittersweet time, but at least Warped will be gone.

DoubtGin
July 28th 2010
6879 Comments


btw, now 21 people are confirmed dead.. most recent one died today, a mother;

HipsterHolocaust
July 28th 2010
774 Comments


The Warped line-ups haven't been the best, but from time to time a dece bands is at one of the dates.

Last years line-up appealed to me more than this years, but I'd still go for ETID and Set Your Goals.



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