{"id":1268763,"date":"2022-12-22T04:45:13","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T04:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/22\/woman-dies-after-crowd-crush-at-asake-concert-in-london-video\/"},"modified":"2022-12-22T04:45:13","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T04:45:13","slug":"woman-dies-after-crowd-crush-at-asake-concert-in-london-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/22\/woman-dies-after-crowd-crush-at-asake-concert-in-london-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman dies after crowd crush at Asake concert in London [video]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div wp_automatic_readability=\"45\">\n            <!-- image --><br \/>\n            <!-- content --><br \/>\n <!-- A generated by theme --> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><noscript id=\"td-ad-placeholder\"\/><\/p>\n<h3>Rebecca Ikumelo, a 33-year-old mother from London, died on Saturday after being crushed during Afrobeats singer Asake\u2019s concert.<\/h3>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"td-all-devices\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1671601879_719_Boombet-daily-banner.jpg\" .jpeg=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Police and emergency personnel rushed to the popular venue, London\u2019s Brixton O2 Academy, on Friday night after getting reports about a number of people who had been injured due to a large crowd trying to enter the concert without tickets. <\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO :Davido replies Ghanaian troll over insensitive comment after his son\u2019s death<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_151357\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-151357\" style=\"width: 636px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/33-year-old-mother-Rebecca-Ikumelo-dies-in-crowd-crush-at-Asake-concert-in-London.jpg\" alt=\"Asake Briton Crush \" width=\"636\" height=\"382\" class=\"size-full wp-image-151357\" title=\"33-year-old mother Rebecca Ikumelo dies in crowd crush at Asake concert in London (video) 1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-151357\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Asake concert crush : 33-year-old mother dies.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"td-all-devices\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1671601880_34_banner.jpg\" .jpeg=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cellphone video shows several people screaming and pushing toward the front of the venue while demanding for the doors to be opened. <\/p>\n<p>According to police, eight people were taken to the hospital after being injured during the chaos. Four were reported to be in critical condition on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><noscript id=\"td-ad-placeholder\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Rebecca Ikumelo, who was a nursing graduate, died in the hospital on Saturday morning, BBC reports. Asake said he spoke with Ikumelo\u2019s family and he\u2019s devastated by the tragedy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Asake Briton Crush Video. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"1oGBBRcD9ug\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Asake Brixton crush: 4 fighting for their lives after \u20183,000\u2019 extra fans arrived at sold-out gig\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1oGBBRcD9ug?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO :Moment As\u03b1ke\u2019s trouser tear on stage while performing in london [Video]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am overwhelmed with grief and could never have imagined anything like this happening,\u201d he wrote in a statement on Instagram. \u201cMy team and I are still awaiting the full debrief back from the venue management and the police to determine what exactly led to all the disruption caused and ultimately [led] to Rebecca\u2019s passing. If you have any relevant information, please do reach out to the Metropolitan Police.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CmRbwaysMfh\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO :As\u03b1ke suffers wardrobe malfunction at London show, Stylishly leaves the stage ( Video)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Read all the Latest News, Entertainment News and gossips <strong>here<\/strong>. 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