Thursday, December 4, 2008

Trampled by cheapskates.


A man was trampled to death in the annual bargain hunting ritual known as Black Friday that follows the US Thanksgiving holiday.
The Age reports:
A worker was killed in the crush on Friday after a throng of shoppers eager for bargains burst through the doors at a suburban Wal-Mart, authorities said.

"He was bum-rushed by 200 people," co-worker Jimmy Overby, 43, told the Daily News. "They took the doors off the hinges. He was trampled and killed in front of me. They took me down too. ... I literally had to fight people off my back."

A police statement said shortly after the store's 5am opening time, shoppers "physically broke down the doors, knocking (the worker) to the ground".
Nassau County police said the 34-year-old worker was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead about 6am. The man's name was not released and the cause of death was not immediately known.

The full story is here.

It's amazing what people will do to save a buck.

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