Dec 1, 2008 2:00 pm US/Eastern
Autopsy Confirms Wal-Mart Worker Was Trampled
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In this still taken from cell phone video, a store employee lies unconscious on the floor of a New York City Wal-Mart after being trampled by a throng of Black Friday shoppers on Nov. 28, 2009. The man was pronounced dead at a hospital.
CBS
An attorney representing the sisters of a temporary worker trampled to death when thousands of customers stormed into a Wal-Mart store for bargains the day after Thanksgiving says the man had no training in crowd control.
Attorney Jordan Hecht says 6-5, 270-pound Jdimytai Damour had only been working at the Valley Stream Wal-Mart about a week when he was knocked down by frenzied shoppers.
Nassau County Police Commissioner Lawrence Mulvey said an autopsy found Damour died of asphyxiation related to his trampling.
At a news conference Monday, Mulvey also said a preliminary investigation shows Wal-Mart failed to provide adequate security outside its store, where about 2,000 shoppers were waiting for the doors to open at 5 a.m. Friday.
Police are reviewing video surveillance of the scene to determine possible criminal charges.
Wal-Mart did not immediately respond to request for comment. It previously said security precautions were in place.
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