Highlights 22 dead in stampede near Parel suburban station The incident took place around 10.30 am during rush hour Passengers were seen carrying the injured down the bridge

Elphinstone Station Stampede: All the injured were rushed to the nearest hospitals

A pile of footwear was lying next to the bridge. At least 22 people were killed and 39 others were injured in a rush hour stampede on a foot overbridge (FOB) connecting the local railway stations of Elphinstone Road and Parel in central Mumbai Friday morning. The stampede was triggered by falling concrete that hit the bridge railing, leading people in the crowd to surge forward to escape as they thought the bridge was collapsing, Mumbai police official Gansham Patel said. A team of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), senior railway officers and residents around the railway colony and city police also aided in escorting passengers to the hospital. Slideshow (9 Images)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley sent Twitter condolence messages to stampede victims’ families. Railway Minister Piyush Goyal arrived in Mumbai, where he was to dedicate 100 new suburban stations on the CR and WR route in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region coinciding with the Navratri-Dassera festivities.
At least 22 people are killed and over 30 are seriously injured in a rush hour stampede on a footbridge between the Parel and Elphinstone Road railway stations in the Indian city of Mumbai.