Completion Report In Railway In Hillsborough
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Sarah, 19, and Victoria Hicks, 15, were among 97 football fans who died as a result of the crush at Sheffield Wednesday's stadium. The teenagers had attended the match with their mother and father, Trevor.
The Hillsborough tragedy was a turning point for sports ground safety and crowd management in the UK. Over the last 35 years there has been a step change to develop safe, modern stadia with professional safety teams in place with in-depth crowd management knowledge and experience.
The number 96 was associated with the disaster and more than two decades of the campaign for justice. In July 2021, Liverpool supporter Andrew Devine died as a result of the life-changing injuries he sustained at Hillsborough, bringing the number of victims to 97.
