Worker dies at Long Island WalMart after being trampled in Black Friday stampede

[Meatpie]

Police tape surrounds a Wal-Mart that was the scene of a deadly stampede.

A Wal-Mart worker died after being trampled when hundreds of shoppers smashed through the doors of a Long Island store Friday morning, police and witnesses said.
The 34-year-old employee, a temporary maintenance worker, tried to hold back the unruly crowds just after the Valley Stream store opened at 5 a.m.
Witnesses said the surging throngs of shoppers knocked the man down. He fell and was stepped on. As he gasped for air, shoppers ran over and around him.
CAUGHT ON CAMERA: WAL-MART CROWD MOMENTS BEFORE DEADLY STAMPEDE

"He was bum-rushed by 200 people," said Jimmy Overby, 43, a co-worker. "They took the doors off the hinges. He was trampled and killed in front of me. They took me down too...I literally had to fight people off my back."
The unidentified victim was rushed to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 6:03 a.m., police said.
The cause of death wasn't immediately available pending results of an autopsy.
A 28-year-old pregnant woman was knocked to the floor during the mad rush. She was hospitalized for observation, police said. Early witness accounts that the woman suffered a miscarriage were unfounded, police said.
Three other shoppers suffered minor injuries, cops said.
Wal-Mart spokesman Dave Tovar called the incident a "tragic situation."
"The safety and security of our customers and associates is our top priority," Tovar said.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with them and their families at this difficult time."
Before police shut down the store, eager shoppers streamed past emergency crews as they worked furiously to save the store clerk's life.
"They were working on him, but you could see he was dead, said Halcyon Alexander, 29. "People were still coming through."
Only a few stopped.
"They're savages," said shopper Kimberly Cribbs, 27. "It's sad. It's terrible."

 

[LTmyselfni]

Damn! Wallyworld (local slang for wallmart) is such a fucked up store anyway why would those stupid people feel like they had to rush in? The prices will be the same from now until after christmass any way. It never ceases to amaze me what morons wallyworld staff and shoppers can be!

 

[Meatpie]

There are flat tvs on discount - 50% in some stores - but limited amounts so everyone rushes to be the first.

I am amazed how badly off most americans really are - fighting over TVs and a stampede for dvds?

WTF, I thought this only happens in India?

Also 99% of the people shown in the photos were black, the rest Asian or Latin.

 

[LTmyselfni]

That's because most white Americans would pay 50 dollars just to sleep late.:sm (11):

 

[verlup1]

That's absolutely ridiculous. I don't think it's worth it. They showed a video of the emergency workers trying to revive him but he looks dead. It wasn't very clear though. I don't know much about Long Island, it's the suburbs, but I thought it was mostly trashy white people there.
Maybe the footage was dark and it made them look darker skinned.
I do like shopping at Walmart I must admit. They have everything, but the prices aren't all that amazing. You can get good deals at discount stores here in NYC mostly in the boroughs. I go to the Walmart in upstate NY where you usually get lots of hillbillies but now there are lots of blacks, Latinos and Hasidic Jews too.

 

[Meatpie]

Those people looked desperate, like the end of the world is coming...I didn't know it was that bad

I would love to go shopping with your verlup, we will go to the discount stores in the boroughs.

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[verlup1]

I didn't know it was that bad either. It's a shame.
Yes if you come here I'll take you to the discount stores. I took Entilzha.:sm (53):

 

[Meatpie]

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