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Article: Wal-Mart employee dies in morning shopping stampede.(Front)
- Article from:
- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- November 29, 2008
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The Associated Press
NEW YORK
A Wal-Mart worker was killed Friday when "out-of-control" shoppers broke down the doors at a 5 a.m. sale. Other workers were trampled as they tried to rescue the man, and customers shouted angrily and kept shopping when store officials said they were closing because of the death, police and witnesses said.
At least four other people, including a woman who is eight months pregnant, were taken to hospitals for observation or minor injuries, and the store in Valley Stream on Long Island closed for several hours before reopening.
Shoppers stepped over the man on the ground and streamed into the store. When ...