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Worker dies in Black Friday stampede
Worker dies at Long Island Wal-Mart after being trampled in Black Friday stampede
Farriella for News
Police tape surrounds a Wal-Mart that was the scene of a deadly stampede.
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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.
