Child Saved but Mother Dies when Escalator Floor Panel Collapses

SotosSW · #61 ● 07-28-2015, 05:58 PM

The fact that people are blaming the Chinese for bad tech when they have a very small accidents/people ratio is mildly irritating.

soonerbob81972 · #62 ● 07-29-2015, 03:12 PM

Originally Posted by chrisnsal ↗

FFS I am an escalator fitter / engineer, we install the self same make and models to Asda / Walmart every day all over the UK , we ourselves have been called back to several problems very similar to this one over the last eight months since this particular model was introduced, we have had injuries but no fatalituies as of yet, i think this needs a major complaint to the right people globally to take a closer look at this problem, does anyone know exactly when and where this occured as i intend to take this up with my manager and trading standards and health and safety first thing tomorrow morning , especially now i have seen this , the company are aware of this reoccuring problem and should thus be held resposible for the death of this woman !!!

UK Wal-Mart has escalators? That's news to me.

mintycbo · #63 ● 07-29-2015, 05:45 PM

http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/27/china/...led-escalator/

Desensitisation · #64 ● 07-29-2015, 08:15 PM

"Shouldn't we turn off escarator?"
"NO! NO TURN OFF ESCARATOR! ROOSE MONEY!"
"Okay..."
*Munch munch munch*
"FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK WE ROOSE ROTTA MONEY NOW FUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!"

Buckafuffalo · #65 ● 07-29-2015, 08:32 PM

Originally Posted by Zambini ↗

Very strange indeed, for some reason she picks the kid up half to the top like she was warned of a problem and there's also the lady watching from the bottom as if expecting a problem, not sure if she's an employee or not.

I think she was just picking up her kid so he doesn't trip as he steps off. I don't believe there was any warning whatsoever, just some extremely bad luck. It's good that in her last moment she made sure her child was safe.

What a way to go though, holy crap, getting sucked in and ground up like that

No thank you.

And what the hell is up with nobody hitting the emergency stop button while she was only mangled a bit? No lets just watch her slowly disappear into the machinery.

megaman · #66 ● 07-30-2015, 01:51 PM

Nobody think to hit the emergency stop

poor kid for seeing that

Pac Man · #67 ● 07-31-2015, 12:31 AM

fucked up shit

intre · #68 ● 07-31-2015, 01:34 AM

What a shitty way to go holy fuck

Robyn728420 · #69 ● 07-31-2015, 04:12 AM

How heartwrenching... :(
It would be a lot easier for me to die like that though, knowing for sure my child was rescued.

soonerbob81972 · #70 ● 07-31-2015, 04:14 AM

Originally Posted by Zambini ↗

Wow! If only it went all the way to your car...

Child Saved but Mother Dies when Escalator Floor Panel Collapses

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