Italy - Russian soccer fans hurt in Rome metro escalator accident, 23 Oct 2018

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"An escalator in a Rome metro station broke on Tuesday, injuring 20 people, most of them CSKA Moscow soccer fans, Italian police said".

 

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Escalator packed with soccer fans suddenly hurtles downward, injuring dozens
"Dozens of Russian soccer fans have been treated at a hospital in Rome after an escalator seriously malfunctioned at the Repubblica station of the Rome Metro Line A on Tuesday night.

Footage shared on social media showed a packed down-escalator stair hurtling at alarming speed, causing a mound of people to crash at the bottom.

Italian news agency ANSA reported that the most serious injury was to a young man whose foot was so badly mangled he was at risk of amputation, and six more are in serious condition.

Pictures of the aftermath showed the escalator stairs crumpled at the bottom, leaving jagged and exposed metal plates in a spot where the pile of people crashed into each other."

 

[Dr. Benway]

Karma.

 

[PrairieWind]

Why is it Karma? These are just people. It’s tragic.

 

[mickey2942]

I have always been terrified of escalators, and usually avoid them. Perhaps, with good reason. I have read about several other severe escalator injuries.

 

[Kid Dropsy]

Let's hope it was the hooligan element.