MUMBAI (AP) — The Latest on a stampede at a Mumbai train station (all times local):
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Police at least 21 people have been killed in a stampede at a railway station in the west-coast Indian city of Mumbai.
City police officer Rajaram Patel says another 20 people were injured when panicked pedestrians pushed forward to the end of an overcrowded bridge, with some people falling underfoot and being trampled.
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11:45 a.m.
Police say a stampede at a Mumbai local train station has seriously injured at least 20 people amid heavy rains in the morning rush hours.
Police said the stampede was triggered by a rumor that a pedestrian overpass collapsed after concrete chunks fell. Chaos prevailed as people surged forward to leave the bridge.
Paramedics have taken the injured to a hospital, the police control room said.
Deadly stampedes are fairly common during Indian religious festivals, where large crowds gather in small areas with few safety or crowd control measures.
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