Grandmother accidentally drops baby off moving escalator

Devastating CCTV footage from China shows a grandmother stepping onto a department store"s moving staircase with her four month old grandson in her arms.

The baby is accidentally dropped 30ft down the side of an escalator to its death.

The baby boy was reportedly rushed to hospital but died in the early hours of this morning.

The tragic incident took place on the third floor of the Wu Yue plaza department store in the Qingpu district of Shanghai.

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