Authorities arrested two mechanics after a crowded escalator in a Hong Kong shopping mall reversed direction without warning over the weekend, injuring 18 people. Footage shows the 150-foot escalator operating normally, then suddenly reversing direction at high speed, sending dozens of people toppling over each other and tumbling toward the base. “I heard people screaming,” one witness told the South China Morning Post. “The escalator was going down but the speed accelerated.”The People’s Daily tweeted video of the escalator reversing on Saturday:Escalator accident in #HongKong's popular mall Langham Place injured at least 18 on Saturday pic.twitter.com/NDMBi9kVMK — People's Daily,China (@PDChina) March 25, 2017The escalator is located inside the Langham Place shopping center. Images tweeted by the South China Morning Post show emergency workers responding to the scene.

Source: Huffington Post March 27, 2017 14:37 UTC