Charges Possible In Wal Mart Trampling Death

NEW YORK (AP) - Police in Long Island, N.Y. say criminal charges
may be possible in yesterday's trampling death of a Wal-Mart
worker.
Authorities are reviewing video from surveillance cameras in an
effort to see which shoppers knocked the man down as they burst
through the doors in a pre-dawn buying frenzy. A Nassau County
police spokesman admits that identifying individual shoppers may be
difficult.
An estimated 2,000 people had gathered outside the store before
its 5 a.m. opening.
Witnesses and police say other workers were trampled as they
tried to rescue the injured man, even as customers stepped over him
as he lay on the ground. At least four other people, including a
pregnant woman, were taken to hospitals for observation or
treatment of minor injuries.
The 34-year-old worker was taken to a hospital, where he was
pronounced dead around 6 a.m. The exact cause of death has not been
determined.

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