Yesterday (30th) in Itaewon, South Korea, the Halloween party was extremely happy and tragic, resulting in a tragic trampling of people, and at least 50 people's hearts stopped.
A similar incident occurred in Lan Kwai Fong, Central, Hong Kong in the early hours of New Year's Day in 1993, resulting in 21 deaths and 63 injuries. Since then, the police have implemented crowd control during large-scale celebrations.
On the New Year's Eve on December 31, 1992, before the tragedy that year, a large number of citizens and tourists went to Lan Kwai Fong to celebrate, and some groups set up a stage and giant balloons on the spot to hold a New Year's countdown pop concert, attracting about 20,000 people.
After the countdown to New Year's Day, the crowd began to leave down D'Aguilar Street, and the accident happened.
At that time, a large number of people poured into D'Aguilar Street, and some people fell, causing a domino effect and triggering a "person stepping on a person" accident. It is estimated that 150 to 200 people were trapped.
A large number of ambulance personnel rushed to the scene to rescue after the incident, but unfortunately the large number of people gathered hindered the progress of the rescue.
The incident resulted in 21 deaths and 63 injuries.
A subsequent investigation found that before the tragedy, someone sprayed ribbons, drinks and threw debris on the spot, causing the crowd to flee and causing confusion.
The police were also accused of underestimating the difficulty of crowd control, making the scene more dangerous.
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