Dramatic moment woman ends up STRADDLING escalator rail and being pulled upwards after holding on to steady herself

  • Woman grabs hold of escalator handrail only to be pulled up onto stairway
  • She held onto rail to steady herself before getting on the moving walkway
  • Footage shows she ended up being pulled up escalator while straddling it

By Emma Glanfield for MailOnline

Published: 19:46 EST, 12 January 2016 | Updated: 19:57 EST, 12 January 2016

This is the unfortunate moment a pensioner got stuck on an escalator rail and ended up mounting it before being pulled up to the next floor at a busy shopping centre.

The elderly woman can be seen holding onto the black handrail at the bottom of the escalator as she composes herself before making her journey upwards.

However, she appears to be gripping the moving handrail so tightly that it drags her physically onto the rail - pulling her up the stairway.

The elderly woman can be seen holding onto the black handrail at the bottom of the escalator to steady herself

The elderly woman can be seen holding onto the black handrail at the bottom of the escalator to steady herself

However, she appears to be gripping the moving handrail so tightly that it drags her physically onto it

However, she appears to be gripping the moving handrail so tightly that it drags her physically onto it

Dramatic CCTV footage shows the woman straddling the rail as she is dragged upwards towards the next floor of the shopping mall.

Her friend, who also appears to be an elderly woman, quickly realises what has happened and reaches out to rescue her friend.

But it appears too late and the woman is dragged up the escalator while clinging on for dear life.

It is not known if the woman in the footage, which has been shared hundreds of thousands of times, was injured in the incident. 

Dramatic CCTV footage shows the woman straddling the rail as she is dragged upwards to the next floor

Dramatic CCTV footage shows the woman straddling the rail as she is dragged upwards to the next floor

Her friend, who also appears to be elderly, quickly realises what has happened and reaches out to rescue her

Her friend, who also appears to be elderly, quickly realises what has happened and reaches out to rescue her

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