More than 20 individuals were injured Tuesday in Rome after an escalator inexplicably malfunctioned in a metro station and sent several people violently crashing toward the bottom, according to the BBC.
In a video posted to social media, multiple fans traveling to the Stadio Olimpico to watch CSKA Moscow face Roma in the Champions League can be seen caught in a dangerous bottleneck at the base of the escalator after it suddenly speeds up without warning.
#BREAKING: Multiple football fans have reportedly been injured after an escalator breaks at a Subway station in Rome, Italy ahead of the AS Roma and CSKA Moscow game. (Video: @RBWorldorg) pic.twitter.com/sS4ZjiozNF
— Chris Koseloglou (@chriskose) October 23, 2018
Photos of the machinery posted afterward detail the damage.
Developing | An escalator broke in Rome leaving several soccer fans injured, Italian news agencies report. pic.twitter.com/TgF4hLNKYL
— euronews (@euronews) October 23, 2018
Roma later pledged its support to providing aid to those who were seriously injured in the incident.
