Mother killed after falling into an escalator

A 30-year old woman Xiang Liujuan, was killed after falling into an escalator in a shopping centre in  Jinhxhou in Hubei province, central China, has sparked widespread anger at the  department store. However, she was able to push her child to safety but could not save herself.

Surveillance footage from Sunday’s incident shows a metal panel at the top of the escalator giving way, causing the woman and her toddler to stumble.

The woman fell into the escalator at 10:09 local time (02:09 GMT) on Sunday. Employees standing at the top of the escalators tried to pull the woman to safety, but were unable to stop her from being pulled in.

Rescuers worked until 14:00 to retrieve her body.

Recent maintenance works on the escalator, workmen had replaced the metal panel but forgotten to secure it with screws.