BY C STONE | STONE NEWS NETWORK ||| NEW DELHI, INDIA
18 people were killed in a stampede at a New Delhi railway station, as reported by the Press Trust of India.
Many were Hindu pilgrims who were travelling to the Maha Kumbh festival, in northern India.
The stampede happened on Saturday, where thousands of people gathered waiting for a train to arrive. Many people fell while going down a foot bridge that connects the train to the train platforms. The officials announced a boarding change for trains, which caused multitudes of people to move quickly to an already-packed platform.
"The crowd went out of control and no one could control it," said Nikhil Kumar, a shopkeeper who witnessed the crowd surge.
Last month, about 30 people were killed in another stampede in India, for a festival where Hindus kip into the river waters. Unfortunately, India has a history of deadly stampedes due to crowding, where people are pushed into areas and forced over top others. One of the most deadliest was in 2005, where 340 people died at the Mandhardevi temple in Maharashtra.
Another 250 died in a stampede at the Chamunda Devi temple in 2008. Another 160 people died at another stampede near the Naina Devi temple that same year.
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