00:00The victory parade and celebration of new Indian Premier League cricket champions,
00:06Royal Challengers Bengaluru ended in a stampede with 11 people being crushed to death on Wednesday.
00:13The huge crowd spilled out into the streets of Bengaluru to celebrate their team's first-ever league title.
00:20The incident happened when the crowd gathered around the Chinnaswamy Stadium
00:24and some people outside without any access pass tried to push through the gates.
00:30This victim said people stamped on her while she was standing near the entrance.
00:34Karnataka State Chief Minister Sidhara Maya said most of the deceased victims were young people
00:43and 47 others were injured in the crush.
00:46He said no one expected such a huge crowd, but the entire police force had been deployed.
00:51He said the stadium has a capacity of only 35,000 people,
00:55but some 200,000 to 300,000 people came for the celebration.
01:00He said the team's victory street parade was called off due to the uncontrollable crowd.
01:05The team had given away free access passes into the stadium through its website,
01:09but warned that numbers would be limited for the event.
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