Rome escalator accident injures 20 Russian soccer fans
ROME — At least 20 people were injured when an escalator in the Rome metropolitan system collapsed Tuesday night.
A video shown on Sky TG24 shows the escalator accelerating suddenly, and the people riding down on it collapsing one onto another. The dramatic footage shows people on the parallel escalator trying to pull others to safety.
The cause was not immediately known. The metropolitan station at Piazza Repubblica near the main Termini train station was closed by investigators.
“The scene that we found was people piled up at the bottom of the escalator,” said Rome provincial fire chief Giampietro Boscaino. “People one on the top of the other looking for help. They had various injuries caused by the escalator that was twisted, therefore serious injuries.”