Nineteen people were hurt, three hospitalized, after a 1 a.m. crowd rush near a stage in Atlantic Beach. Authorities haven’t released details on the cause.
ATLANTIC BEACH, S.C. — Authorities are reporting several injuries following a crowd rush in coastal South Carolina on Sunday morning.
Horry County Fire Rescue said crews were sent to a stage near South Ocean Boulevard in Atlantic Beach around 1 a.m. to reports of what officials described as a “stampede incident.”
Fire crews and police found 19 people who were injured, but said none appeared to be life-threatening. Three people
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