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Jun 29, 2008 12:25 pm US/Pacific

2 Arrested, 11 Hospitalized During Coliseum Rave

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Click to enlarge 1 of 1: Officials said two people were arrested and a near-dozen taken to area hospitals during a downtown rave and concert-carnival Saturday and Sunday.
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They call them raves for a reason...but it's possible some people took that term a little too seriously, according to police.

Two people were arrested -- one for punching a security guard -- and paramedics transported at least 11 people to area hospitals following a rave-style concert and carnival at the Los Angeles Coliseum Sunday morning, authorities said.

According to Los Angeles police Sgt. Stephen Faulk of the Southwest
station, the other arrest involved a motorist hitting a parked vehicle while leaving the event.

Witnesses said many of the rave-goers were doing the drug ecstasy.

Fire personnel, including paramedics, were sent to the 12th annual Electric Daisy Carnival yesterday 3 p.m. with shifts not ending before 5:40 a.m. today, said Los Angeles city fire spokesperson Brian Humphrey.

The extent of the injuries and conditions of the near-dozen people taken to area hospitals were not immediately known.

Unconfirmed reports suggested that some patients were "combative," and someone may have been inadvertently poked with a hypodermic syringe.

According to the Electric Daisy Carnival Web site, the rave is put on by Insomniac Events.

The crowd was estimated at 15,000-20,000 around 2 a.m.

Around 3,000 people were still raving on streets outside the Coliseum about 2 a.m., Moody said.

The main dance floor was cleared shortly after 4 a.m., but police said thousands of people were still slowly straggling toward their cars an hour later.