Footage Of Indian Stampede People Escaping Death

Datia (India) (AFPTV) (AFP) – Dramatic footage has emerged showing the panic caused by a stampede at a religious festival in India. Amateur images of people climbing down saris to escape the crush on the bridge. Duration: 01:00

(CNN) — The death toll in a weekend stampede outside a temple in central India has risen to 112, and more than 100 others are injured, authorities said.

The stampede happened Sunday on a bridge over the Sindh River in Ratangarh, where pilgrims were headed to a temple for a Hindu festival.

A rumor that the bridge was about to collapse caused panicked people to stampede, police told CNN sister network CNN-IBN. About 25,000 people were on the bridge at the time, said D.K. Arya, a local deputy police inspector.

Many people jumped off the bridge into the river, Arya said.

Ratangarh is in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

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