Sydney’s New Year’s Eve crowd crush quickly controlled as big numbers drawn to city, police say

Sydney’s New Year’s Eve crowd crush quickly controlled as big numbers drawn to city, police say

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Video has emerged of a crowd crush at Sydney Harbour just before midnight, in what authorities say was likely the city’s biggest ever New Year’s Eve crowd.

In the video published on the Daily Mail news website, people can be heard screaming as a large crowd of revellers pushed through an open security gate into a ticketed area at The Rocks.

One man can be seen on the ground as security guards yell “stop” and try to push back the moving crowd.

A spokesman for New South Wales Police said security guards were able to contain the incident quickly.

“Just before midnight, large crowds surged towards a vantage point for a better view of the fireworks, resulting in police resources being deployed to the area for crowd management,” the statement read.

“There were no injuries as a result and no arrests were made.”

A security guard with his hand in the air above a man on the ground in a crowd
A security guard moves to protect a man who fell to the ground during the crowd crush.(Supplied: Daily Mail)
A child is held up by their parent in a large crowd
A child is held aloft as the crowd moves through security gates at The Rocks.(Supplied: Daily Mail)

In a separate incident, police on foot and horseback had to control crowds who tried to access the Sydney Harbour Bridge just before fireworks were set off at midnight.

Police said several vantage points around the city were at capacity by late…

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