School stampede kills one, injures 25

A stampede at an elementary and middle school in rural China killed one child and injured 25 people.

School stampede kills one, injures 25

A stampede at an elementary and middle school in rural China killed one child and injured 25 people.

The accident occurred when children at the front of a group of students leaving the school in Lijiahe Township, in a mountainous area of central China’s Hubei province, suddenly fell, causing students behind them to lose balance and trample them, the official Xinhua News Agency reported today.

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