Teenage Girls Injured In Crowd Surge At X Factor Gig

Five teenage girls were treated for injuries last night (December 8th) following a crowd surge at a concert headlined by X Factor band JLS.

The incident is understood to have taken place after school children joined an already dense queue of fans trying to get tickets to see the band at Fairfield Halls in South London.

Almost 2000 had gathered to see the band perform at the 1,500 capacity venue. Four girls were taken to hospital, while another was treated at the scene.

"There was one with a hand injury, one with difficulty in breathing and two who were also just taken unwell,” an ambulance spokesman told the BBC.

According to the Croydon Guardian, on fan was helped from the crowd after suffering a panic attack.

"I'd been queuing since 1pm but when the school kids turned up it became so busy with them all pushing us towards the front,” she told the newspaper.

"There was a pregnant woman in the crowd. It was horrible. I couldn't move. I couldn't get out."

A venue spokesperson didn't comment on the incident.