Mother in China crushed to death in escalator accident, saves son before dying

[Raphael]

China: Mother Fell to Her Death Inside an Escalator But Saves Toddler

A woman in China was crushed to death on Saturday after falling through a panel of flooring at the top of an escalator in a department store in Hubei province.

Xian Liujuan, 30, was carrying her young son at the time but managed to push him out of harms way as she fell, reports Agence France-Presse.

CCTV footage posted to YouTube on Sunday appears to show Xian stepping off the escalator onto a metal panel, which gives way. As she falls, Xian pushes her child away from her and a shop assistant drags him to safety.

The assistant then grabs hold of Xian’s hand but the escalator keeps rolling and she disappears into the mechanism.

According to local paper the Wuhan Evening News, maintenance work had been carried out on the escalator at the Anliang shopping mall in Jingzhou and workers had allegedly forgotten to screw the access cover into place.

Xian’s body was recovered four hours later by a team of firefighters.

 

[third eye]

What a shame !

I think I could see the ' Stop' button on the side of the escalator. I wish one of the two ladies seeing this has pressed it .

The Kindest soul on this earth is a mother.

God Bless the departed soul.

 

[21 Dec 2012]

R.I.P
Holy mother! Thats a very very bad way to go.

 

[Shot-Caller]

Very sad incident. A little carelessness by the maintenance workers cost a mother her life.

 

[Kyle Sun]

rip.

a damn bolt costs a young life.

 

[dy1022]

 

[Uzair Shafiq [Босс]]

R.I.P

 

[Dr. Strangelove]

rest in peace

 

[alibaz]

Very sad incident. RIP great mother.

 

[IN-2030]

RIP

 

[RazorMC]

Extremely sad to see this. The workers who are responsible should be held accountable.
Also, why is the staff gathering there before the incident?

 

[Echo_419]

China: Mother Fell to Her Death Inside an Escalator But Saves Toddler

A woman in China was crushed to death on Saturday after falling through a panel of flooring at the top of an escalator in a department store in Hubei province.

Xian Liujuan, 30, was carrying her young son at the time but managed to push him out of harms way as she fell, reports Agence France-Presse.

CCTV footage posted to YouTube on Sunday appears to show Xian stepping off the escalator onto a metal panel, which gives way. As she falls, Xian pushes her child away from her and a shop assistant drags him to safety.

The assistant then grabs hold of Xian’s hand but the escalator keeps rolling and she disappears into the mechanism.

According to local paper the Wuhan Evening News, maintenance work had been carried out on the escalator at the Anliang shopping mall in Jingzhou and workers had allegedly forgotten to screw the access cover into place.

Xian’s body was recovered four hours later by a team of firefighters.

Very sad incident

 

[cnleio]

What a shame !

I think I could see the ' Stop' button on the side of the escalator. I wish one of the two ladies seeing this has pressed it .

The Kindest soul on this earth is a mother.

God Bless the departed soul.

Very SAD, they didn't know to press the 'STOP' red button of the escalator ... the department store totally responsible for this incident, blame them !

 

[third eye]

The child will never forget this memory all his / her life.

 

[Aepsilons]

Very depressing to see this. Dear God....!