Two children injured after pram somersaults down shopping centre escalator

A shopping centre's CCTV has caught the horrifying moment two children somersault down an escalator after losing control of a pram.

The pram tumbles down the stairs. Picture: Megapolis Moscow

Shocking images shows the nightmare moment a pram somersaults down an escalator at a shopping centre.

Two young children suffered head injuries after the pram went head over heels as it tumbled down the moving staircase, The Sun reports.

Police are now investigating to establish the whereabouts of the children’s parents after the horror incident in Moscow, Russia.

CCTV video shows two children, one in red and one in pink, with a stroller at the top of the escalator.

The girl in pink is pushing another child in the stroller as they come across the circulating belt staircase.

The children struggling to get the pram onto the escalator. Picture: Megapolis Moscow

The two slowly wheeling the pram onto the steps. Picture: Megapolis Moscow

She appears to be struggling as she attempts to move the pram onto the moving steps.

After about seven seconds, she rolls the buggy onto the flat section at the start of the escalator.

But then as the stairs begin to fall away, disaster strikes.

The pram tumbles forward as the child in red watches on helplessly from the top of the steps.

The girl in pink attempts to keep hold of the pram, but is then flung over the top of it as it somersaults and flips.

Going end-over-end, the child in red then appears to run for help as adults on the lower floor are seen rushing to the rescue.

The pram containing the youngest child completely flips three times before coming to a rest upside down.

It is then bucked by the grinding movement of the escalator as someone steps in to pick it up and help.

One child watching helplessly as the pram falls. Picture: Megapolis Moscow

The pram crashed at the bottom of the escalator. Picture: Megapolis Moscow

Authorities are now investigating the horror incident which injured the girl in pink and the young child in the pram.

A woman is seen going down the escalator before the accident, but it’s unclear if she is the children’s mum.

She does not appear to rush to help them along with the two other bystanders after disappearing from frame.

Russian news website kp.ru reported the incident happened at a mall in Andropova Avenue in South Moscow.

It comes after a four-month-old baby was killed after her mum lost balance while riding an escalator in China.

And last year in the US, a three-year-old boy plunged to his death after getting his clothing caught in an escalator at an airport in North Carolina.

This article originally appeared on The Sun and has been republished here with permission.