This can get very dangerous very quickly. Experts refer to such an incident as a stampede, crowd surge, or crowd crush. Human stampedes have occurred at various types of gatherings around the world.

July 3 (UPI) --At least 121 people died during a human stampede as a religious event concluded Tuesday, prompting local officials to order an investigation into the deadly event. Event organizers ...

Warnings signs were present even before the match began. According to authorities, a human stampede occurred outside the stadium when hundreds of fans attempted to enter without tickets ...

The same study compiled National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) statistics and found that 1,823 people died as a result of human stampedes between 2000 and 2012. Some recent incidents include Tirupati ...

Six people died and several others were injured in a stampede during a festival at Shree ... Talking to PTI, Pillai said the incident was “beyond our human expectation”. Pillai said he was ...