Several people in the Philippines were injured when an escalator at a sprawling mall that was taking them one floor up abruptly slid backwards, causing a terrifying pile-up. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Several people in the Philippines were injured when an escalator at a sprawling mall that was taking them one floor up abruptly slid backwards, causing a terrifying pile-up.
A video posted on YouTube shows the escalator carrying a large crowd of people up one floor when its steel steps appeared to lose their grip and abruptly began sliding backwards.But as their descent gathered speed, many of them lost their balance, and they were soon piling on top of each other at the foot of the escalator.
“Everyone on the escalator fell down; some had blood on them,” GMA News Online quoted a witness as saying. She said she, her husband and three children were at the foot of the escalator and were already heading up when the steps buckled and began sliding backwards.“We didn’t know what happened. It all happened so fast,” Ms Manaig told PEP.Officials at the SM Group, the mall’s operator that runs the Philippines’ largest retail chain, said they have reached out to those with injuries to help them with their medical bills.
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