Dozens Trampled in Indonesia in Rush for Blackberry Phones

Can't see this happening in the States, but the race for Blackberries was evidently similar to the running of the bulls yesterday in Indonesia.

Dozens of people suffered minor injuries as many hundreds of impatient BlackBerry fans broke through a barricade to get their hands on the latest smartphone during a discount promotion in a Jakarta mall on Friday.

As the crowd swelling to well in excess of a thousand people — a number of whom had been queuing since the previous day — rumors began circulating on Friday morning that the BlackBerry Bellagio, also known as a BlackBerry Bold 9790, had sold out during the event at Pacific Place mall in South Jakarta.

This and impatience and frustration caused the crowd to surge forward through a barrier that was supposed to hold crowds back.

In the ensuing crush, at least 90 people passed out, while three suffered broken bones.  More that 200 security and police were called into to control the crowds.

The good news in all of this, is some people still want to own a Blackberry.