At least one child has died in a stampede at a primary school in China when the pupils rushed to the toilet before a morning exam, domestic media said.
A t least one child has died in a stampede at a primary school in China when the pupils rushed to the toilet before a morning exam, domestic media said.
Another two children were in a critical condition and at least a further 18 were injured in the crush at the school in Puyang, in central China’s Henan province, reports said.
Chinese schools are often poorly designed and built with sub-standard materials.
Teachers at the Third Experimental Primary School told the Beijing News that the stampede happened just after 8.20am after children rushed to use the toilet in a ten-minute break between a reading class and a monthly exam.
The newspaper said two children were killed, and that a wall in the toilets collapsed due to the pressure from the pupils.
The k618.cn news portal cited local family planning officials saying there was one death, although it is unclear how old the children in the stampede were.
