At least 15 people, including 10 women and three children, died due to crowds where they prevailed at the New Delhi Railway Station in India. Specifically, hundreds of passengers ran to catch two trains to depart for the giant Hindu pilgrimage Koula Mela, where tens of millions of faithful participate. “I can confirm 15 deaths in the hospital,” most of them died of suffocation, Dr. Ritu Shahina, Deputy Director of Locke Nayak Hospital in New Delhi, told the French Agency. The Minister of Railway Asgounu Visnau stressed that additional trainings have been added by New Delhi to serve the large number of believers flocking to the pilgrimage. The NDTV local television network, citing officials, reported that the incident happened in the early hours of Sunday, local time (20:30 Saturday, Greece time) on two docks as passengers waited to board the trains for Gangraj.
Source: News Beast
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