Woman dies as escalator catches her scarf on Montreal Metro

Montreal Metro has 68 stations on four lines

A commuter has died after her scarf was caught in an escalator at a Montreal Metro station.

The woman, said to be in her 30s, was found dead at the bottom of the moving staircase at Fabre station in the north of the Canadian city.

Her hair was also apparently caught in the escalator in Thursday morning's incident.

Montreal police said they would work with the coroner's office to determine the circumstances of the fatality.

Police spokesman Jean-Pierre Brabant told reporters: "What we know now is that the woman's scarf was caught in the escalator.

"When she bent over to try to get the scarf out, her hair was also caught."

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