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Mumbai railway station stampede kills 21 and injures more than 30 | |
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At least 21 people have died and more than 30 injured in a stampede over a foot bridge at the Elphinstone railway station in Mumbai, India, according to local media reports. | |
Police, who confirmed the death toll, said the stampede was triggered by a rumour that a pedestrian overpass collapsed after concrete chunks fell. | |
Chaos ensued amid a heavy rainfall as people surged forward to leave the bridge. | |
Paramedics have taken the injured to a hospital, the police control room said | |
Deadly stampedes are fairly common during Indian religious festivals, where large crowds gather in small areas with few safety or crowd control measures. | Deadly stampedes are fairly common during Indian religious festivals, where large crowds gather in small areas with few safety or crowd control measures. |
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