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At least 18 people have been injured, according to local media.
Several people have been injured after an escalator in a shopping complex in Hong Kong abruptly came to a halt, and then reversed at a high speed for more than 10 seconds.
The incident occurred around 4:00 p.m. Saturday in Langham Place – a shopping mall in the Mong Kok area of Kowloon – on the 45-meter escalator that connects the fourth and eighth floors.
In a video of the incident, the escalator – one of the longest in Hong Kong – can be seen jolting to a stop before reversing at a high speed.
Several people at the bottom of the escalator can also be seen rushing to help pull shoppers out of the pile.
Another video submitted by a witness to Apple Daily Hong Kong shows the human pile up at the bottom of the escalator, which left at least 18 people injured.
Local media reported that two of the victims are severely injured, with one suffering injuries to his head.
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