#stampede

#stampede

Seven people were taken to hospital and 11 injured in a stampede at an Atlanta train station, caused by a fan screaming at the sight of a bug.

Hani Hammad, an 18-year-old, described his harrowing experience during a chaotic stampede while trying to collect food aid, highlighting the suffocation and panic. He felt he was dying, unable to move amid the frantic crowd as he suffered beneath their feet. He was eventually hospitalized unconscious, placed beside deceased individuals who succumbed to suffocation and gunfire. Hani noted, 'I thought I was one of them,' reflecting on the desperation that drove them to such perilous conditions.

The chuckwagon races at the Stampede feature racehorses that are past their prime racing age, which the drivers love because the horses enjoy running.

"The hospital was overwhelmed by people to the point of obstructing caregivers and ambulances," a Health Ministry source told the AFP news agency.