Boy crushed to death after escalator suddenly jolts into reverse in underground station
A seven-year-old boy was killed and 28 people injured after an escalator at a Beijing underground station suddenly went into reverse causing an horrific crush.
Passengers queuing at the bottom to get aboard the rising escalator were buried under a mound of people when the machine suddenly malfunctioned at Zoo station in the Chinese capital.
Photos taken shortly after the tragedy show bloodied underground passengers lying on the floor by the metal escalator.
The dead boy's father had been taking his two children on a trip to the zoo. He is in intensive care while his daughter suffered a head injury.
A witness said: 'People pressed into a pile and the boy and his father were buried under the others.'
A Beijing public transport official said they were trying to investigate what had happened to cause the accident and to work out why emergency safety features built-in to stop such accidents had not worked.
The tragedy caused the station to be closed for several hours while staff worked to treat the injured, including two people whose clothing had become trapped in the escalator.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2011738/Beijing-escalator-reverse-accident-Boy-7-crushed-death-underground-station.html
Holy crap, looks like a murder scene
A Final Destination
scene that became reality
What a tragedy for the family.
