Crowd crushes: how disasters like Itaewon happen, how can they be prevented, and the ‘stampede’ myth
Crowd crushes are wholly preventable, predictable and avoidable, experts say. Here is what we can learn from the Halloween crowd crush in Seoul
More than 150 people have died in a crowd crush while celebrating Halloween in one of Seoul’s most popular nightlife districts. South Korean authorities have opened an investigation into the disaster. But how do crowd crushes like the one in Itaewon happen?