A concert at a suburban college fest took an ugly turn when a stampede occurred and left eight students injured. A popular rapper performing there had to cut his concert short when the crowd-controlling barricades began to fall.

The venue had a capacity of approximately 1,000, but sources had told this paper that there were more people present than could be accommodated. We do not know how many passes were sold, but the number was certainly far too high to accommodate at the ground, as the stampede demonstrated. Overcrowded venues are a recipe for disaster. Whatever be the truth about the cause of the stampede, we can only be fortunate that things did not get worse and there were no deaths.