15 dead, over 30 hurt in stampede at Mumbai’s Parel railway station

At least fifteen people were killed and over 30 injured after a stampede occurred on a foot-over bridge at Parel railway station in Mumbai, police said on Friday.

The bridge connects Elphinstone Road and Parel suburban stations, police added.

“Fifteen killed, 30 hurt in stampede on foot-over bridge linking Elphinstone Road and Parel suburban stations in Mumbai,” police said.

All the injured have been rushed to nearby KEM hospital and rescue operations are underway.

The cause of the stampede on the narrow footover bridge was not known, but eyewitnesses claimed that a sudden rumour of a suspected electrical short-circuit sparked off a panic.

Source: thestatesman