"Three teenagers have died after reports of a crush at a St Patrick's Day party at a hotel in Cookstown, County Tyrone.
A 17-year-old girl and two boys aged 16 and 17 died after the incident outside the Greenvale Hotel on Sunday night.
A number of other teenagers have also been treated in hospital. The police said a large group of young people had been waiting to get into a disco at about 21:30 GMT. One of the teenagers died at the scene."
"Three teenagers have died after reports of a crush at a St Patrick's Day party at a hotel in Cookstown, County Tyrone.
A 17-year-old girl and two boys aged 16 and 17 died after the incident outside the Greenvale Hotel on Sunday night.
A number of other teenagers have also been treated in hospital. The police said a large group of young people had been waiting to get into a disco at about 21:30 GMT. One of the teenagers died at the scene."
It seems remarkable. I originally thought it was people trapped trying to get out of a confined space.
It is very rare that there can be enough weight of bodies on flat open ground to crush people to death even if some people fall.
Crush deaths invariably involve either confined spaces or stairs/slopes or both. In open spaces the crush pressure from the rear spreads outwards to the sides and on flat ground it is hard for a pile of bodies to gain more than a three feet of height.