Cleaner's leg amputated after China's third escalator accident in a week

By Michael Koziol
Updated August 3 2015 - 6:08pm, first published 2:43pm
Zhang's leg gets caught in escalator at a shopping centre in Shanghai. Photo: Supplied
Zhang's leg gets caught in escalator at a shopping centre in Shanghai. Photo: Supplied
Emergency services take the cleaner to hospital. Photo: Supplied
Emergency services take the cleaner to hospital. Photo: Supplied
Zhang's leg gets caught in escalator at a shopping centre in Shanghai. Photo: Supplied
Zhang's leg gets caught in escalator at a shopping centre in Shanghai. Photo: Supplied

China's escalators have claimed another victim after a cleaner's leg was shredded at a shopping centre in Shanghai, the third such documented incident in that country within a week.

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