New Year's Eve stampede kills 35 in China

The celebrations went astray at the Chenyi Square of Shanghai's popular riverfront Bund area at around 11:35 pm (local time) when people reportedly rushed to collect coupons resembling US Dollars, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

A witness said some coupons that looked like "dollar bill" were being thrown from



a building's third-floor window near the Bund and people standing along the river bank started scrambling for them. Many of the injured were students, the report said. It was not immediately clear what triggered the crowd crush. The cause of the accident is under investigation. The city administration has set up a working team for rescue operations and to deal with the aftermath.