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Article: EASTER EGG HUNT BREAKS INTO FRACAS

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April 7, 1998
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A church-sponsored Easter egg hunt turned into a free-for-all. About 5,000 people were drawn to Saturday's event held by the World Harvest Church, which featured a pile of thousands of artificial eggs containing Bible verses and pieces of candy.

But, when it came time to grab the treats, children were joined by anxious parents rushing the pile, and eggs and youngsters got trampled.

Ten-year-old Lizzy Ellenwood managed to collect a few eggs, but complained that some kid pushed her in the stomach and another ran over her foot with a skate.

"This isn't an Easter egg hunt.

It's an Easter egg massacre," Joe Vetter, one of the adults watching the debacle, said.

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