This is unreal. People trampled this person to death so they could get their mark-down Christmas-crap sooner. I agree with Rod Dreher: “Makes you wonder if we don’t deserve at some collective level what we’re about to get on the economic front (bearing in mind that the rain falls, alas, on the just and the unjust).”
A worker died after being trampled by a throng of unruly shoppers when a suburban Wal-Mart opened for the holiday sales rush Friday, authorities said.
At least three other people were injured.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., in Bentonville, Ark., would not confirm the reports of a stampede but said a “medical emergency” had caused the company to close the store, which is in Valley Stream on Long Island.
Nassau County police said the 34-year-old worker was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead at about 6 a.m., an hour after the store opened. The cause of death was not immediately known.
A police statement said shortly after 5 a.m., a throng of shoppers “physically broke down the doors, knocking (the worker) to the ground.” Police also said a 28-year-old pregnant woman was taken to a hospital for observation and three other shoppers suffered minor injuries and were also taken to hospitals.
The exact cause of death will be determined by the Medical Examiner’s office, detectives said.
The dead worker’s name was not released.
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