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Electric Daisy Carnival Casualties

THE ECSTASY AND THE AGONY: Authorities say more than 100 people were taken to local hospitals during the two-day Electric Daisy Carnival music festival and rave at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Exposition Park over the weekend. The L.A. Fire Dept. says some of the injuries occurred as people rushed barriers Saturday (6/26) to try and overwhelm security and get inside the 14th annual event, which featured rides and five stages with performances by Moby and will.i.am, drawing 185k people over the weekend. On Friday, 94 incidents were reported, 52 of which were injured people who were taken to hospitals. On Saturday, 132 incidents were reported, 62 of which required transportation to hospitals. The extent of the injuries was not known. (6/28a)