Escalator death sparks fury in China

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

Escalator death sparks fury in China

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.

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