A stampede occurred during a music festival at a university in the city of Cochin in the Indian state of Kerala on Saturday, when a group of people rushed in the university to hide from rain, leaving four people dead and more than 60 injured, Indian media reported.
“Due to sudden rain people who were at the sites tried to get inside. So suddenly people who were on the steps fell down and people walked over them ... Four people were brought dead to the hospital, and another four were seriously injured,” Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Ajith Kumar was quoted as saying by the India Today newspaper.
More than 60 people were hospitalized following the disaster, the Press Trust of India news agency reported. Kerala authorities said the stampede was uncontrollable and ordered an investigation into the incident, the India Today newspaper reported.
Despite initial indications that the stampede occurred during the performance of Indian singer Nikitha Gandhi, it was later revealed that she had not yet started her performance back then, the report read. (Sputnik)
