Beijing – A Chinese woman died after being trapped in a shopping mall escalator, but not before pushing her 2-year-old son to safety.
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Sunday’s horrific accident in the central city of Jingzhou was caught on surveillance camera footage that circulated heavily on the Internet in China.
The woman — identified in media reports as 30-year-old Xiang Liujuan — is shown reaching the top of the escalator when the section of landing platform she had stepped onto suddenly collapses, trapping her inside the still-moving machinery.
The footage shows that Xiang managed to push her son into the arms of shop attendants near the top of the escalator. The attendants tried to pull her to safety, but Xiang fell into the mechanism and was killed.
The state-run People’s Daily’s online edition and other media outlets said her body was recovered four hours later, after crews disassembled the escalator.
Although escalator deaths are extremely rare, China’s breakneck economic development and sometimes cavalier attitude toward safety, quality control and maintenance have led to frequent industrial accidents such as fires, building and bridge collapses, and ship sinkings or collisions.
No thanks, I will Not click on that video thank you very much
Omg, i totally agree.
It should not be on line. The person who passed away should be respected and rest in peace. The only ones who should be watching this should be people who will hopefully correct this defective system and law enforcement.
Made in China…I never heard of such a thing from any other country. Chinese products entering the US should pay special tax to support research to see if their products are really safe and durable.