A grandmother desperately tries to save her 4-month-old grandson as he falls from a mall escalator. (Photo : YouTube)
At around 2:30 pm on the third floor of the Wu Yue Plaza department store in the Qingpu District of Shanghai, the CCTV captured a tragic China escalator accident.
In the footage, it can be seen that a grandmother was holding 4-month-old grandson while going down from the third floor of the mall. Shortly after stepping onto the escalator, she lost her balance and accidentally dropped the boy.
She gripped the handrail and desperately threw her hands to grab the baby. She had him at her fingertips but failed to save him from falling 30 feet to the ground floor.
The boy’s mother and sister who were just behind them panicked and ran down the escalator to see what happened to the boy. His sister fell over in the rush but was thankfully safe.
According to the mall staff, this is the first escalator-related accident in the mall. They called the paramedics, who arrived immediately.
The infant was quickly rushed to the nearest hospital. Unfortunately, he died due to the fatal head injuries that he suffered from the fall.
The video of this incident went viral and has already reached around 750,000 views on YouTube.
This tragic incident is just one of the many infamous escalator accidents in China. Last year, an unsupervised toddler fell 8 meters from an escalator at Dongguan mall.
The video of his fall went viral on social media and Chinese shoppers were reminded to keep an eye on their children while shopping or strolling in malls.
With this new viral video of a China escalator accident, many netizens have again reminded parents and guardians to be careful of using escalators with children.
At the same time, authorities have reminded the netizens to stop pointing fingers and be considerate of the feelings of the baby’s family.
