Compilation: Wang Dehua
Source: Al Jazeera English website
Indian Financial Center Mumbai Stampage accident occurred on a bridge near a railway station near a railway station, killing at least 22 people and injuring dozens of people.
The accident on Friday occurred during rush hour in the morning, when heavy rain poured down on a pedestrian bridge at Elphinstone Station in Mumbai. The station connects two major routes in the city.
TV footage shows the injured people lying on the ground, and local residents try to regain their vitality by pumping water. Officials said the death toll could rise. Ravinder Bhakar, a railway spokesman for
, said some people took refuge near the railway station to avoid heavy rain.
"The stampede caused more than 30 people to be injured," he told AFP.
Mumbai police official Gansham Patel said the stampede was caused by concrete hitting the bridge, causing the crowd to rush forward because they believed the bridge was collapsing. Avinash Supe, director of
KEM hospital, told AFP that 22 people died.
"There is a large group of people on the overpass of the FOB price. Anil Saxena, spokesman for the Indian Railways, told reporters: "Everyone tried to leave immediately and it seemed that one person slipped and triggered a stampede." "
Tanaji Pawar, a spokesperson for the Mumbai Disaster Management Office, warned that the death toll "could rise".
A witness told AFP: "We put the injured in cars, police cars and ambulances and take them to the hospital as quickly as possible." "There are three or four women seriously injured. I don't know if they are still alive. ”
Official data shows that in 2016, about 3,400 people died of train derailment.
