Chinese woman has narrow escape as mall escalator floor collapses just weeks after fatal Hubei accident

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A Chinese woman in her 20s escaped unhurt on Sunday after stepping on the escalator flooring panel moments before it collapsed in Liaoning province. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Published: 1:15pm, 14 Sep 2015Updated: 5:20pm, 16 Sep 2015

A woman had a narrow escape when a panel of flooring at the top of an escalator gave way moments after stepping on it at a Chinese shopping mall on Sunday afternoon, mainland media reports.

The accident came just weeks after a young Chinese mother died using an escalator at another mall because of the same problem when she fell into the moving parts of the machine when flooring gave way.

Xiang Liujuan, 30, saved her young son moments before her death after falling into the moving parts of an escalator at a Hubei mall. Photo: SCMP Pictures

The death of Xiang Liujuan, 30 – seconds after managing to push her son to safety – was recorded on security videos at the mall and went viral after being published on social media, sparking nationwide safety fears.

On Sunday an unnamed woman in her 20s was going down the escalator at the mall in Shenyang, in Liaoning province, when she heard the loud crash of a metal flooring panel behind her falling inside the machine, Liaoshen Evening News reported

Chinese shoppers look at the missing flooring panel at the top of the escalator after Sunday's accident in Liaoning province. Photo: SCMP Pictures

The flooring gave way at the top of the escalator at a Chinese mall on Sunday moments after a woman had stepped on it. Photo: SCMP Pictures

She rushed to the bottom of the escalator in a panic until she was safely standing on the floor below.