How and why crowd surge deaths happenpublished at 16:17 Greenwich Mean Time 30 October 2022
Crowd surges have had deadly consequences in incidents across the world, with people squeezed into a space so tight they struggle to breathe.
Although South Korean officials are yet to identify what caused the surge in Seoul or how it happened so fast, an academic at the University of Pennsylvania says many of the victims may have been trampled and suffocated under the weight of others.
Speaking to the New York Times, Prof Norman Badlersays people can suffocate even while standing because of the excessive crowd density surrounding them.