of worker dies at wal-mart after being trampled in black friday stampede

Worker dies at Long Island Wal-Mart after being trampled in Black Friday stampede: A Wal-Mart worker died after being trampled when hundreds of shoppers smashed through the doors of a Long Island store Friday morning, police and witnesses said.

The 34-year-old employee, a temporary maintenance worker, tried to hold back the unruly crowds just after the Valley Stream store opened at 5 a.m. Witnesses said the surging throngs of shoppers knocked the man down. He fell and was stepped on. As he gasped for air, shoppers ran over and around him.

Click here for photos of the Wal-mart stampede, caught on camera.

[via Gizmodo]