Watch moment festival-goers are injured in 'crowd surge'

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An investigation has been launched into a crowd surge at Boardmasters festival in Cornwall, the local council said.

Seven festivalgoers were injured including a young woman who suffered a fractured knee during the fan surge on Friday at a DJ stage at the music event in Newquay.

On Saturday, The Point stage was reopened after a “multi-agency review” was undertaken and the festival continued as scheduled until Sunday.

Police called it “an isolated incident”.