Chinese woman dies after being trapped in escalator, but saves son

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PostChinese woman dies after being trapped in escalator, but saves son
by Rightey » Tue Jul 28, 2015 3:29 am

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/chinese-wo ... -1.3168979

A Chinese woman died after being trapped in a shopping mall escalator, but not before pushing her two-year-old son to safety.

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.


Man what a horrible way to go, basically like falling into a meat grinder. How could one of those panels at the top just collapse?! I've heard stories of the actual stairs giving way but never the top or bottom.

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PostRe: Chinese woman dies after being trapped in escalator, but saves son
by Kalasoji » Tue Jul 28, 2015 6:11 am

This knowledge is beneficial to my own.

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PostRe: Chinese woman dies after being trapped in escalator, but saves son
by Preezy » Tue Jul 28, 2015 7:51 am

Well that's a grim way to start my day.

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PostRe: Chinese woman dies after being trapped in escalator, but saves son
by Gandalf » Tue Jul 28, 2015 8:21 am

Horrid..... :cry: :cry: :cry:

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PostRe: Chinese woman dies after being trapped in escalator, but saves son
by Eighthours » Tue Jul 28, 2015 12:07 pm

:( :( :(

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