Elphinstone Station Stampede: All the injured were rushed to the nearest hospitals
"The crowd was increasing ...We couldn't breathe, we were falling on each other, there was panic. There was no exit. There was also a rumour that the bridge is falling, the bridge is breaking," shared Shruti Lokre, who survived the horror.
A pile of footwear was lying next to the bridge.
The police are investigating reports that a short-circuit caused a loud sound near the bridge and led to panic and chaos.
Elphinstone Station Stampede: There were more than the usual people on the bridge at the time.
Railways Minister Piyush Goyal, who was in Mumbai today, has ordered an inquiry led by a top railway safety official. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis visited the injured in the hospital late on Friday night and said a probe will be ordered.
The two stations get much of Mumbai's local train commuter traffic as there are a large number of offices in the area. Security personnel are usually posted for crowd management at the bridge.
Many on social media targeted the bullet train project to link Mumbai with Ahmedabad launched earlier this month. Tweets urged the government to fund basic rail upgrades instead.
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