High School Crush: Corridor Chaos

Twenty-five students were injured in a pile-up in a school corridor triggered when a freshman stopped to fix her shoe.
Paramedics were called to the school to treat pupils for crush injuries, including ankle sprains, bruising and sore heads.
All the students were sent home following the incident, several were taken to hospital and five were kept off school the following day.    Read more...

A spokesman for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents commented, "the consequences of such an event as this arising can be disproportionate to what started it." I suppose it won't be long before we see zero-tolerance to shoe fixing added to the school's behavior code.

I think we can all see this lackademic institution's position on the learning curb.

When life gives you lemmings...
Lemming Aid (Winner: Best Short Film, Cannes, 1994).

Tags:[Denny School, Scotland]  [Crush Injuries]  [Accident Prevention]
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