• Shanghai crush during New Year celebrations leaves many injured and dead
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[URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-30646918"]Source[/URL] [img]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/80005000/jpg/_80005821_d4c75869-827f-41e1-8521-fa7360ec4007.jpg[/img] [I]Relatives of those injured waited for news at the hospital[/I] [img]http://y2.ifengimg.com/a/2015_01/d331a4f41bed379.jpg[/img] [quote=BBC News][B]A crush at New Year's Eve celebrations in Shanghai has killed 35 people and injured some 42 others, Chinese state media report.[/B] The crush broke out in Chenyi Square in Shanghai's Huangpu district, Xinhua news agency reported. The Shanghai City government said the situation began at 23:35 local time (15:35 GMT) and that a "working group" had been set up to handle the incident. The cause of the crush was currently under investigation, it added. Photos posted on social media showed people receiving first aid on the road and large numbers of police securing the area. [URL="http://news.ifeng.com/a/20150101/42842159_0.shtml"]The photos[/URL] suggested that large numbers of people had gathered near the waterfront area, known as The Bund.[/quote]
A crush, as in something fell? But that's terrible, man. EDIT that looks like it's sarcastic but it really isn't, just to clarify
[QUOTE=Baconator 7;46831954]A crush, as in something fell? But that's terrible, man. EDIT that looks like it's sarcastic but it really isn't, just to clarify[/QUOTE] human crush
[QUOTE=Baconator 7;46831954]A crush, as in something fell? But that's terrible, man. EDIT that looks like it's sarcastic but it really isn't, just to clarify[/QUOTE] no, as in there were way too many people there to the point of some being squeezed to death
holy shit, 35 dead from a mob crush? what the hell happened?
At least the worst part of the year is out of the way I guess?
[QUOTE=Complifused;46831982]At least the worst part of the year is out of the way I guess?[/QUOTE] Oh boy, there still is [I][B]a lot[/B] [/I]to happen.
[url=https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/2qycxl/shanghai_new_year_crush_kills_35/cnat780]Apparently there were people throwing around fake money.[/url]
[QUOTE=MegaMario1500;46831989]Oh boy, there still is [I][B]a lot[/B] [/I]to happen.[/QUOTE] Oh no, I meant for these people
[QUOTE=Hat-Wearing Man;46831971]no, as in there were way too many people there to the point of some being squeezed to death[/QUOTE] I thought most of those deaths were always someone tripping and then being trampled to death? Seems a bit odd someone could be squeezed to death, people aren't lemons.
[QUOTE=FalconKrunch;46832569]I thought most of those deaths were always someone tripping and then being trampled to death? Seems a bit odd someone could be squeezed to death, people aren't lemons.[/QUOTE] People stacked behind one another can amplify the force being pushed onto you if you're in the middle with both sides pushing against you.
I was told that when they were doing the countdown, everyone was jumping and all that and some people got knocked down onto the floor and stepped on, more and more probably got knocked down and crushed by people around them.
[QUOTE=aznz888;46831977]holy shit, 35 dead from a mob crush? what the hell happened?[/QUOTE] Theres been worse. The English had a mass-crush at a soccer stadium. They had almost 800 injuries and dearly 100 deaths.
[QUOTE=Complifused;46831982]At least the worst part of the year is out of the way I guess?[/QUOTE] But the Asian year doesn't end for another month... Seriously China and many Asian countries go fucking nuts in January not December
[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;46832847]Theres been worse. The English had a mass-crush at a soccer stadium. They had almost 800 injuries and dearly 100 deaths.[/QUOTE] Well, that's a place where huge concentration of people is natural, and there are chokepoints and shit, and iirc there was some weird shabby barricade involved as well. It's more odd when it happens on public open space.
holy shit I didn't even know there was a word for this kind of thing
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;46833969]Well, that's a place where huge concentration of people is natural, and there are chokepoints and shit, and iirc there was some weird shabby barricade involved as well. It's more odd when it happens on public open space.[/QUOTE] That was basically a single entrance stadium; huge amount of the crowd were leaving as the game picked up; so a lot started funnelling back in and they were trapped and crushed against the shitty barrier. The stadium was also hugely over capacity as a large number of people had snuck in and in a shoddy condition anyways.
In a typical death like this, is the person squeezed till they cant breathe and then they suffocate to death, or do their ribs and internal organs go under so much physical pressure that they are literally crushed in?
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