According to Taiwan media reports, a serious stampede accident occurred in South Korea. On the evening of the Halloween event in Itaewon, Seoul, on the evening of the 30th, a fatal stampede accident occurred in a narrow downhill alley. As of 9 a.m., at least 151 people had died.
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Itaewon is a famous nightlife business district in South Korea. Itaewon Halloween Party was originally a famous festival event. The Korean drama " Itaewon Class" mentioned that most people will come to Itaewon to celebrate Halloween. It is also a gathering place for many foreigners in South Korea.
According to local media reports, Fire Department staff said that the death toll may increase, and most of the casualties were young people in their 20s. The possible cause of the incident. The fire department said that it was because of a Halloween party, a group of people fell and the crowded crowd caused many casualties.
At the beginning, he received a notification from Itaewon that there were many people with breathing difficulties. Yonhap News Agency quoted a witness in his 20s at the scene, "I saw the person in front fall, causing the person behind to be crushed to death," local people interviewed by the American media "CNN" described that people were squeezed into the narrow streets and could not breathe, "The people in the middle were stuck, and they could not breathe."
The situation at the scene was chaotic, and medical staff directly provided first aid to dozens of injured people on the road. The exact cause of the accident has not been clarified. At present, South Korea is temporarily presumed to be a stampede incident, and the investigation has just begun to be confirmed. According to Yonhap News Agency, the casualties and injured had cardiac arrest and breathing difficulties, and the leak of gas was ruled out. The
incident occurred at around 10:24 pm local time on the 30th in South Korea. It began to be reported that someone was buried in the crowd.
Stampage accidents often occur in major events. The most serious accident recently was the pilgrimage stampede in Mecca in 2015. The official death toll was more than 700, but the actual number may exceed 2,000.
What to do when a trampling accident occurs?
Experts point out that the accident is usually not because of being trampled to death, but because of too crowded conditions, the crowds are so crowded that it causes compressive suffocation that the lungs cannot inhale air, causing the accident.
The risk of overcrowding of people is that if the population density of one square meter is less than four people, everyone has room to make a decision and will not restrain each other from moving, but if the density exceeds 6 people, the risk will increase.
When the crowded crowd moves, the force is so huge that it can bend the steel. The density of the crowd is an important reason for the fatal risk surge. Once the direction of the flow rate changes, the crowd will rush in the same direction, and the pressure caused comes from all parties. Usually the crowd is rushing forward unconsciously.
The collapse of a crowd usually starts when a person falls. When the crowd loses the pillars and is still under pressure, the collapse occurs, and the people next to them may fall and stack them on each other until the pressure is reduced. Like the domino effect.
. The victims of accidents usually die while standing. The British " Guardian " analyzed that the people who die in this type of accident are often the people who are most against the wall.
stampede accidents are available to avoid, and crowd management of large-scale activities is the key. In case you are really at the scene where people are flooding in, and when you are following the flow of people, experts recommend walking sideways and trying to relieve stress.
The primary goal is to get out of the crowd, try to find the most crowded places, and move towards relatively few people. There were also people at Itaewon site trying to climb up to a height, which was also a way to escape quickly. If you are at the heart of the crowd and let yourself go with the flow, don’t go the other way.
Then stay away from obstacles, walls, fences, pillars, etc. may make you feel even more crushed.
Oxygen is a valuable resource. Unless necessary, do not scream or control breathing, put your arms on your chest to prevent excessive stress, it can also protect the chest cavity and help your lungs leave a little room to breathe.
