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Cops release details of deadly Black Friday stampede
Quick ReadAccording to the Nassau district attorney's office, a year before the Walmart employee's death, a crowd pushed the entrance doors off the hinges at the same store's Black Friday.
Photo credit: NCPD | Exterior of Walmart in Valley Stream where a worker was trampled to death by a crowd of "Black Friday" shoppers last year. (Nov. 28, 2008)
Man trampled to death in 2008 at Valley Stream Walmart
For years, a Walmart worker told police, he stood at the front of its Valley Stream store ready to pick up shoppers who fell during the Black Friday frenzy to get inside.
The employee was interviewed by a detective investigating the death last year of Jdimytai Damour, a seasonal co-worker who was trampled as shoppers rushed in for bargains on the day after Thanksgiving.
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