{Rushed down the steep} (h(9372)m(8873)en kata tou kr(886d)nou).
Ablative with kata as in  Mr 5:13  Mt 8:32  and the same vivid
verb in each account, to hurl impetuously, to rush. {Were choked}
(apepnig(885c)). Second aorist (constative) passive indicative third
singular (collective singular) where  Mr 5:13  has the
picturesque imperfect epnigonto.