A club stampede that claimed the lives of two students
occurred after a Nigerian DJ joked that all coach drivers were ready to
leave the nightclub .
DJ David Osahon made the announcement with a ‘comedy’ African accent
inside the Lava & Ignite Nightclub in Northampton just moments
before the students, Nabila Nanfuka, 22, and Laurene-Danielle Jackson,
19, found themselves caught up in
a horrific stampede.
His announcement was one of 14 to occur in half an hour telling people to get on board their coaches.
The young women had spent the evening enjoying themselves at the
club, but chaotic scenes unfolded following Mr Osahon’s announcement
that coach drivers outside were ready to leave at 3.30am, the inquest
heard.
The inquest heard panic spread as desperate revellers began trampling
over each in a bid to escape leaving people “screaming, crying and
moaning”.
Nabila Nanfuka, a Northampton University leisure and tourism student
from Neasden, north west London, was knocked down and crushed near to
the exit.
Laurene-Danielle Jackson, a Kingston University psychology and
criminology student from Wembley, north London, was taken to the same
hospital with critical injuries.
She was transferred to Glenfield Hospital in Leicester where she died three weeks later.
He added: “I’m more mature and understanding now. I would do things more differently now.”
Miss Jackson’s cause of death was given as cerebral ischemia and traumatic asphyxia consistent with crush injuries.
Miss Nanfuka died from traumatic asphyxia consistent with crush injuries.
The 1,600-capacity club venue – which opened in 1996 – had its licence suspended days after the tragedy
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