Mother dies after saving toddler son

A woman was killed on Saturday after she plunged through flooring placed over an escalator at a department store in Jingzhou, Hubei province, media reports said on Monday.

The mother pushed her toddler to safety as she fell to her death on Saturday, the reports said.

Xiang Liujuan, 30, was holding her son in front of her as they went up the stairway before the accident happened, Wuhan Evening News reported.