PHOTOS Subway escalator accident

Emergency workers provide first aid to a victim lying on the floor, while others with less severe injuries sit nearby, June 8. An accident occurred at Sunae Station on Seoul Metro's Bundang Line in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, as an escalator abruptly shifted into reverse. Yonhap

Emergency workers attend to subway passengers who were on an escalator that suddenly went into reverse at Sunae Station on Seoul Metro's Bundang Line in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, June 8. Yonhap

Police tape is placed around the escalator which suddenly went into reverse, injuring 14 people at Sunae Station on Seoul Metro's Bundang Line in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, June 8. Yonhap

Off-limits signs are setup at the bottom of an escalator that suddenly went into reverse injuring 14 subway passengers at Sunae Station on Seoul Metro's Bundang Line in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, June 8. Yonhap