Witnesses said that only one door at the main gate was opened shortly before the concert, and the crowd, estimated in the thousands, rushed forward. The Who last appeared in Cincinnati at a concert in the coliseum in December of 1975. One of the callers included a police sergeant seeking to learn if his daughter were safe. View Gallery: Remembering The Who concert tragedy “There’s nothing you can do,” one officer was overheard telling a parent. He said there was “some evidence of footprint-like injuries.”ĭistrict One police, meanwhile, sought to discourage worried parents from going to the coliseum. Alexander Trott, emergency room supervisor at General, said the victims died of multiple contusions and hemorrhages. Treated at General Hospital were John Watts and Shane Renkel, both of Dayton, Ohio, and Cathy Calhoun, Cincinnati.ĭr. The injured taken to Christ Hospital were William Taylor, Hamilton, Ohio, multiple abrasions Terry Thomas, Centerville, Ohio, injured left foot and Timothy Deal, Columbus, injured right hand. and Shawna Abbott, 20, 6584 Newbridge, White Oak. Three of those injured and listed in fair condition at Good Samaritan Hospital were identified as Todd Volkman, 18, Quailwood, Loveland Diane Cubert, 20, 3828 Lory Dr., Erlanger, Ky. Victims were taken to General, Mercy, Deaconess and Good Samaritan Hospitals. He said the bodies were probably found only after the crowd passed over them. I don’t know if they had been moved from where they fell, but most were away from the door.”īruce said he saw several bodies. Police Officer Walter Bruce, who was at the coliseum, said the victims “were probably stepped on and fell down people just fell down. The whole occurrence took no more than 40 minutes. The doors are located on the west side of the coliseum on the plaza level.Ī witness, Isy D’Agostino, a Dayton, Ohio, nurse, said, “For some odd reason people were compressed completely (near the coliseum doors). Ray Schuerman, an usher at the main gate, said the trouble appeared to start when someone threw a bottle at the gate and broke the door’s glass.Ĭoncertgoers inside apparently were unaware of the tragedy that had unfolded just outside the main gates, where the entrance was strewn with broken glass, hats, gloves, coats and beer cans. “We needed to get the doors open much earlier,” Menkhaus said. Dale Menkhaus said two few doors were opened too late to handle the sellout crowd. The total number injured had not been determined late Monday.Īt a press conference at District One police headquarters, Lt.
Identity of the victims was to be released sometime today. A coroner’s spokesman said the ages of the victims ranged from 18 to the early 20s.Ī team of clergymen accompanied parents of victims through the Hamilton County morgue late Monday night. The Hamilton County Coroner’s office said the dead included seven males and four females.
4, 1979.ĬINCINNATI – Eleven people were killed and eight seriously injured at Riverfront Coliseum Monday night in a human stampede through the arena’s doors before the start of The Who rock group concert. Watch Video: 40 years ago The Who concert stampede left 11 people deadĮditor's note: After the tragedy at Astroworld, we look back at how this isn't the first time it happened, and we present the original news coverage from The Cincinnati Enquirer on Dec.
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