60 dead, over 200 injured in stadium stampede on New Year Day

A New Year’s Eve fireworks display turned from celebration to tragedy early Tuesday when more than 60 children were crushed to death in a stampede, according to state media reports.

The victims ranged in age from eight to 15, the official AIP news agency said. They were mostly from Abidjan, the country’s largest city and former capital.

The stampede occurred around 1 a.m., near a stadium in the Plateau area of the city, it said.

Fire service rescuers were at the scene two hours later but could not save the victims, AIP said.

More than 100 people were also injured in the stampede, the news agency said.

 

 

 

 

(CNN)