A girl died after falling four storeys to the ground in a shopping mall in eastern China’s Shandong province on Nov 16.

The girl had been standing near the top of an escalator, leaning on an adjacent glass panel when it gave way at about 8.30pm, according to media outlets. The accident occurred at MixC shopping mall in Jining city in south-western Shandong.

In videos of the incident posted online, a girl is seen leaning against a glass panel, with one hand on the escalator’s moving handrail.