Video | Passengers run for their lives ... all because foreigner ‘fainted’ on Shanghai train
Opinions divided on whether incident reflects lack of concern for someone in need, or panic over a possible terrorist incident
A foreigner collapsing on the Shanghai metro caused passengers to flee the carriage and triggered a stampede to the exits, in a bizarre incident captured on camera.
Filmed on the evening of August 9, the video – released this morning by CCTV – shows a white man slumping over sideways in his seat and then rolling onto the floor of the subway car.
As he hits the floor, passengers start running away from the man, leaving the carriage almost empty.
At the next stop, passengers are seen scrambling out of the train, with at least one man almost getting trampled in the stampede.
The commotion may have been partly caused by a fellow passenger shouting “Accident!” after the foreigner collapsed, according to CCTV’s description of the video.
