Several injured in the Philippines as escalator slides backwards, causing pile-up

Screenshots from a YouTube video show a pile-up at the foot of an escalator inside a sprawling mall in the Philippines that abruptly slid backward. - JHE RODRIGUEZ SICAL/YOUTUBE

MANILA (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Several people in the Philippines were injured when an escalator at a sprawling mall that was taking them one floor up abruptly slid backwards, causing a terrifying pile-up.

The incident happened at around 5pm on Sunday (March 5) in Sta Rosa city, an hour south of the capital Manila.