Indian police say a stampede at a Mumbai local train station seriously injured 20 people as a crowd tried to flee a walkway they thought might fall.
New Delhi – Indian police say a stampede at a Mumbai local train station has seriously injured at least 20 people amid heavy rains in the morning rush hours.
Police said the stampede was triggered by a rumour that a pedestrian overpass collapsed after concrete chunks fell. Chaos prevailed 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.
