Cooking Oil Stampede Kills 3 People
You have heard of people doing outrageous things to get a hold of limited items during the holidays like the old Beanie Babies or the popular Wii gaming system. But what if you saw a crowd of people stampeding to get some cooking oil…
Well recently in China, that is just what happened.
A local store in Chongqing held a promotion selling cheap cooking oil, resulting in a mass stampede in which three people were trampled to death.
China has since banned limited-time promotions in stores to avoid another incident from occuring.
By Aki Nakimura on 13-11-2007
Comment by :D
November 13th, 2007 at 5:52 pm
ive experienced a similar thing back in china…it was not fun!! : (
Comment by Trish
November 13th, 2007 at 9:00 pm
*sigh* Sad. We here in the US are going to see the same thing with gasoline soon.
Comment by Tourex
November 13th, 2007 at 9:42 pm
Being greedy,has it’s misfortunes!!
Comment by Bill
November 14th, 2007 at 5:41 am
capitalism still rules
Comment by Earl Mann
November 14th, 2007 at 11:58 pm
These pictures may not be from the actual scene. The Carrefour here in Beijing always looks like this, with the exception of those damn Middle Eastern diplomats parking their cars (with their special embassy plates) in the middle of the damn street in front of the store. Hey, wait a minute. That second picture is from a Wal-Mart, which is always more civilized than the Carrefour.
Comment by yee
November 15th, 2007 at 10:42 am
the leopard print clothes are just … ouch
Comment by Ang
December 20th, 2007 at 11:24 am
OMFG!! People were actually KILLED!!
Comment by michael
July 16th, 2008 at 10:10 am
that just goes to show you the greed in this world that we as citizens must live with. thats a real shame that innocent people had to die for the sake of trying to get a basic cooking neccesity.
Comment by W1LDf!R3
September 12th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
if president busch was smart enough to use renewable energy this would not happen