Passengers ran for their lives after 'foreign man' appeared to faint on Shanghai train

A 'foreign man' collapsing on the Shanghai metro in China 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 – just released – shows a white man slumping over sideways in his seat and then rolling onto the floor of the subway car. As he hit the floor, passengers started 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 man collapsed.


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The footage then cuts to a scene of the man on his feet and looking dazed as two people, likely metro staff, inspect the carriage. Finding nothing, the staff leave and the man takes a seat as the doors close.