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A woman fell to her death four stories after trying to sit on the handrail of a moving escalator.
Moments before the horrific accident, the young woman could be seen reading something while standing precariously near an escalator in a Chinese shopping mall.
Horrifying CCTV footage of the incident shows the woman, who has not been named, leaning on the escalator before attempting to sit on the moving railing.
She almost instantly loses her balance as the escalator begins to drag her down.
The woman desperately tries to hold on to the railing when she suddenly falls through a small gap between the stairs and the railing.
The people nearby, apparently unaware of what is happening next to them, react too late to save the woman.
Local media report that he fell four stories and died as a result of the impact.
Moments before the horrific accident, the young woman could be seen reading something while standing precariously near an escalator in a shopping mall in the eastern Chinese city of Jining.
Horrifying CCTV footage of the incident shows the woman, who has not been named, leaning on the escalator before attempting to climb onto the moving handrail.
She loses her balance when the escalator begins to drag her down. The woman then desperately tries to hold onto the railing when she suddenly falls through a small gap between the stairs and the railing.
The devastating incident occurred on the afternoon of November 16 at Wanxianghui, a large shopping mall in Jining, China.
Ten days before the tragedy, the building had undergone a security check.
The entire place was inspected, with tests carried out on the security exits and configuration of the evacuation channels, among others.
Due to the accident, local residents are supposedly questioning the safety measures at the shopping center.