Fans got more than what they bargained for after a hockey game in the Wells Fargo center in Philadelphia, when the escalator they were on malfunctioned, speeding up and sending fans tumbling down.
As a result of the speed-up, many people were not able to exit the escalator normally, with some people falling down and creating a traffic-jam at the bottom of the escalator.
The escalator was immediately closed down, and was not in service for the basketball game that took place at the Wells Fargo center the same night.
“Immediately following Saturday’s game an incident did occur involving one of our escalators. We immediately closed it down to protect our patrons and notified the operator,” Ike Richman told Philly.com. “We are working with the operator on investigating this incident.”
