Mumbai: 20 killed in Parel-Elphinstone foot-over-bridge stampede

Due to rains the Parel-Elphinstone foot-over-bridge in Mumbai got hugely crowded with people standing on the bridge waiting for rains to stop at about 10:40am today.

None of them was leaving the bridge then suddenly a women standing on front row slipped on the rain-drenched stairs. Three-four others commuters also slipped and this led to a confusion, first on the Parel-Elphinstone bridge, and then on the Elphinstone Road station.

People started running as if to escape some calamity. In the stampede more than 20 people were killed and 30 others were injured.

According to the police the short-circuit with a loud sound near the foot over-bridge created panic causing the first few victims slip causing alarm.