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Dozens of football fans injured after escalator malfunctions and sends them crashing into a pile-up at the bottom of the stairs

At least 20 people were injured when the metro station escaltor malfunctioned with the foot of one fan partially severed and seven others sustained serious injuries.

An escalator at one particular metro station in Rome, Italy, sent dozens of people hurtling into each other at a horrifying speed after it went out of control. The incident took place on October 23 before the Champions League match took place in the evening in the country's capital city. This footage from the Republica underground metro station was captured on camera and then posted on social media and it soon became viral.

The station was practically flooded with fans of CSKA Moscow as they all made their way toward the Stadio Olimpico for the match between the Russian team and Roma. The local media has reported that the escalator's speed started malfunctioning after the Russian fans were spotted "singing and jumping on it" which caused it to collapse, the Daily Mail reported.