ATCEMS: Crowd 'surge' at UT SEC celebration leaves one person hurt

01.07.2024 14:01

Kxan.com

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- One person was hurt after a crowd "surge" incident at the University of Texas' SEC Celebration on Sunday night, according to a social media post from Austin-Travis County EMS.

Some people who attended the celebration said a barricade went down as crowds tried to push towards the stage for Pitbull's performance.

Event staff and ATCEMS at the UT SEC celebration try to control the crowd. ATCEMS said one person was injured after a "crowd surge" during Pitbull's performance. (KXAN Photo/Taryn Jones)
Event staff at the UT SEC celebration try to control the crowd. ATCEMS said one person was injured after a "crowd surge" during Pitbull's performance. (KXAN Photo/Taryn Jones)
People climb up trees to escape the crowd at the UT SEC celebration. ATCEMS said one person was injured after a "crowd surge" during Pitbull's performance. (KXAN Photo/Taryn Jones)
Event staff at the UT SEC celebration try to control the crowd. ATCEMS said one person was injured after a "crowd surge" during Pitbull's performance. (KXAN Photo/Taryn Jones)

"Everybody was really packing in there, trying to push up towards the front. There wasn't really a lot of room so everyone was pushing," Jamey Alden, an attendee at the SEC Celebration said.

ATCEMS said medics transported one person for a non-life-threatening injury from a "crowd surge/crush" incident and two people were sent to the hospital for unrelated non-life-threatening medical issues.

Some waited in the nearly triple-digit heat for nine hours to see Pitbull, according to people who attended the show.