Friends remember festival stampede victim
The employer of the young New South Wales woman who was killed in a stampede at a German music festival on the weekend has described her as outgoing and fun.
Clancie Ridley, 27, was one of 19 people killed at the Love Parade festival in the city of Duisburg, in western Germany, after crowds panicked in an access tunnel to the festival.
Austrek Tours spokesman Dean Choma says Ms Ridley worked for his company for a number of years.
“[She was a] very well liked kind of girl, really outgoing,” he said.
“She worked with us in our party buses as a tour guide and as a person who got the good photos of people having fun.”
Ms Ridley’s best friend Carla Perovich says she had been excited and looking forward to the festival.
Ms Perovich says Ms Ridley was less than a week into a three-month holiday.
“She texted me at Love Parade, she texted me just before she got there,” Ms Perovich said.
