60 INJURED AT LIGHT SWITCH-ON.A CITY centre Christmas lights switch-on turned sour when scores of people were injured in a crowd surge. Yesterday's event was low-key compared to Saturday's planned switch-on by X Factor stars JLS JLS Java Language Specification JLS Journal of Legislative Studies JLS Junior League of Seattle JLS Junior League of Springfield JLS Junior League of Summit JLS Junior League of Sacramento JLS Junior League of Sarasota JLS Junior League of Syracuse . A free concert featuring several chart-topping acts was cancelled after four people needed hospital treatment and 60 others were injured. The crowd surged forward during the JLS performance, breaching a metal barrier put in place to protect members of the public. The free event, also set to feature the Sugababes, Tinchy Stryder, Chipmunk chipmunk, rodent of the family Sciuridae (squirrel family). The chipmunk of the E United States and SE Canada is of the genus Tamias. The body of the common Eastern chipmunk, Tamias striatus, is about 5 to 6 in. , Little Boots and Alexandra Burke, was cancelled as paramedics set up a medical unit at Birmingham's Millennium Point Millennium Point is a complex in Birmingham, situated in the developing Eastside of the city centre. It is a Millennium Commission project. Designed by Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners, construction is estimated to have cost £114 million. to treat the injured. JLS said they were "devastated" by what had happened. A statement on the band's website by group member Marvin Humes said: "We just hope everyone has a speedy recovery." CAPTION(S): SURGE: Crowds build at the event |
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