Can't imagine how this happened. :o
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...cs&refer=china
China Carrefour Supermarket Trampling Leaves Four Dead, 31 Hurt
By William Bi and Adria Cimino
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Four people were trampled to death and 31 were injured in a promotional event at a supermarket owned by Carrefour SA in the Shapingba district of China's western Chongqing city.
A Carrefour spokeswoman in Paris who declined to be identified confirmed the deaths and said the retailer is reinforcing security in all of its stores in China. The accident took place at the entrance of the shopping mall, she said.
The trampling at 8:20 a.m. Beijing time began when some shoppers slipped, according to a statement on the Web site of the Shapingba government. Authorities have shut the supermarket and ordered an investigation, it said.
The government has set up a crisis management team and will ``severely punish the companies or people found responsible for the incident,'' the statement said. Seven people who were seriously injured, it said.
The government has ordered inspections of all major public events to ensure similar accidents don't occur again, according to the statement.
To contact the reporter on this story: William Bi in Beijing at
wbi@bloomberg.net
Last Updated: November 10, 2007 09:32 EST
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