Suffocation, Chest Injuries: Agra Doctor On UP Stampede Deaths
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The other causes of the deaths in the 21 post-mortems conducted so far have been found to be head injuries, shock and haemorrhage.
Thousands of people were pressed into a small area, and then people began falling like nine pins, getting crushed under the weight of the crowd. Post-mortem reports of some of the victims of the Hathras tragedy - in which 121 people were killed - have revealed that, just like in other stampedes, the deaths were largely caused by chest injuries and suffocation.
The other causes of the deaths in the 21 post-mortems conducted so far have been found to be head injuries, shock and haemorrhage.
The post-mortem examinations were done by eight doctors at Agra's SN Medical College and the Chief Medical Officer at the hospital said, "In most of the postmortem reports, it has been observed that most people died of chest injuries, internal bleeding and accumulation of blood near the chest. In stampedes, most deaths happen due to rib cage rupture or haemorrhage and that's what has come up in these post-mortem reports too," he said.
