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crush barrier

noun

  1. a barrier erected to separate sections of large crowds in order to prevent crushing

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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I still remember he used to sit me on the crush barrier on the Holte End terrace and stand behind me so I wouldn't get knocked off in the rush forward when we scored.

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Mr Kenworthy could be seen at about 14:40 BST standing on a crush barrier and hitting a beach ball being thrown around by fans at the Leppings Lane end.

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He also disagreed with the removal of a crush barrier from the Leppings Lane end, the jury heard.

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His mother Margaret Godwin said: "His dad used to say 'always stand in front of the crush barrier', which we're sure he always did."

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Derrick Godwin, from Gloucester, who died aged 24, would have stood in front of the crush barrier, the jury heard.

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