MONTREAL – A woman who was strangled by her own clothing on a Montreal metro escalator died after her scarf became caught in the mechanism, says a coroner’s report.
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Naima Rharouity’s death by asphyxiation last January has been declared an accident by coroner Paul Dionne.
Rharouity, a 47-year-old mother of two, was travelling down the escalator toward the metro platform when her scarf became trapped.
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Dionne says it’s impossible to know if the article of clothing became caught first, causing her to fall, or if she simply fell first.
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There were no witnesses.
Dionne says her scarf, coat and hair were trapped in the escalator and that she was strangled by her scarf and hair.
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He noted that Rharouity was 160 centimetres tall and her scarf was 157 centimetres long.
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The coroner recommended that Montreal’s transit commission revise its escalator maintenance program and launch an awareness campaign.
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Since 2012, there have been 24 falls on Montreal metrp escalators – including four at the Fabre station where the tragedy occurred.
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