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Woman Dies After Being 'Swallowed' By Escalator In China
- Published_at:2015-07-26
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:Mazzy Shazzy AR1
- tags: Woman dies swallowed escalator in China escalator in shopping mall shopping mall in China 30-year-old mother travelling up escalator centre in Jingzhou stepped on a silver floor plate CCTV news woman fell through an escalator woman falling to death under escalator Jingzhou Shashi Anliang department floor in front collapses swallowed up into machinery Mother killed falling escalator collapsed Chinese department store heroically saves son throwing safety
- description: A woman has died after she fell through an escalator in a shopping mall in China. GRAPHIC CONTENT: Video shows tragic mum save son before falling to death under escalator A shocking video seemingly showing a mother fall to her death beneath an escalator in front of her son has appeared online. The 15-second video was uploaded to YouTube today, and claims to show CCTV footage from the Jingzhou Shashi Anliang department store in China. The video shows the mother and boy reaching the top of the escalator, before the floor in front collapses. The mother manages to push the child to safety, but is swallowed up into the machinery, despite the efforts of staff. According to LiveLeak, the woman's body was found three hours later. It is not the first time a faulty escalator has claimed someone's life. Earlier this year, six-year-old Nurhayada Sofia died at a shopping centre in Malaysia when she fell five floors having being dragged over the edge by an escalator. Last year mother of two Naima Rharouity died when she fell while travelling on an escalator in Montreal. A piece of clothing got stuck in the mechansim and tightened around her neck, strangling her. And in 2003, Professor Sally Baldwin, from York, died when the escalator she was using at a railway station in Rome collapsed and trapped her in the cogwheels. The 30-year-old mother was travelling up the escalator with her young son at the centre in Jingzhou when she stepped on a silver floor plate at the top which gave way, according to CCTV news. She managed to save her son by pushing him forward and he was quickly grabbed by a bystander. With half of her body hanging down the shaft, shopping mall staff tried desperately to pull the woman to safety, however tragically she fell to her death. The tragic incident was captured on CCTV cameras. Rescue crews later recovered the woman’s body from inside the escalator. Mother throws son, two, to safety, seconds before she was dragged to her death into escalator that collapsed at Chinese department store Warning: Graphic content Mother Xiang Liujuan, 30, fell into the escalator when a floor-plate gave way She threw her two-year-old son to safety as she dangled over the shaft Staff at the department store in Jingzhou tried to pull her free but couldn't Maintenance workers blamed for failing to screw the plate back into place A mother was killed when she fell into an escalator at a shopping mall in China, after she heroically threw her toddler to safety. Xiang Liujuan, 30, was travelling up the escalator at Anliang department store in Jingzhou, in the central province of Hubei, with her two-year-old son. When the pair reached the top, however, a floor-plate gave way and the woman fell through the floor, as captured by CCTV. Seconds before falling to her death, the mother was able to thrust her toddler towards mall staff, who dragged the child to safety. Two staff members at the top of the escalator tried to help the woman, as half of her body dangled into the shaft above the machinery, but were unable to. The woman was shopping with her husband on Sunday when the accident happened, reported the Wuhan Evening News, although he was not with them on the escalator. Maintenance had just been carried out on the escalator, and initial reports claim workers forgot to screw the access cover back into place. Rescue crews reportedly took four hours to remove the woman's body from the escalator, which showed 'no signs of life'. The accident was one of the top topics on China's Twitter-like Sina Weibo on Monday with more than 6.6 million views. Most comments expressed fury at the shop management. 'Why didn't the staffers stop customers at the entrance to the machine or just turn it off?' wrote one. 'The department store is definitely responsible.' Others were moved by the woman's final actions. 'I was appalled when I saw her sink and at the same time felt the greatness of maternal love - the mother wasted no time pushing the child out when it happened,' said one. China is prone to safety accidents as regulations and standards are often flouted and enforcement is lax, sometimes due to corruption. In 2012, a nine-year-old boy was killed after he got stuck in an escalator at a Beijing department store as horrified shoppers looked on. In July 2011, a 13-year-old boy was killed and more than 20 others injured when an escalator in a Beijing underground station suddenly reversed direction during the rush hour.
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