Two people were killed and many more injured when a crush of patrons thronged a rock concert in Argentina early today, officials said.
Authorities said some 250,000 people attended the open air concert featuring the popular singer Indio Solari and his band in the town of Olavarria, a suburb of Buenos Aires.
The local health minister for the town, German Maroni, said 10 people had been admitted to an area hospital, including a woman being treated in the intensive care unit.
Witnesses said crowds thronged the concert stage at the event in Olavarria, a town of some 90,000 - roughly one-third as many people as the number of concertgoers - which led to the deaths and injuries.
For some the accident recalled a far deadlier tragedy in December 2004, when 194 people died, many from asphyxiation and burning, when fireworks were set off during a concert at the Republica Cromanon nightclub in Buenos Aires.
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