An
escalator
in a
Rome
metro
station broke on Tuesday, injuring 20 people, most of them CSKA Moscow soccer fans, Italian police said.
One person was seriously hurt in the
accident
at the city-centre Repubblica station, they said.
State television RAI broadcast a video of the incident that showed a packed
escalator
suddenly speed up, hurtling people down the stairs. Italian
media
said some soccer supporters were trapped between the metal plates of the steps.
The station was full of Russian fans at the time as they headed towards
Rome's Olympic Stadium where CSKA Moscow were due to play AS Roma in the Champions League later on Tuesday.
La Repubblica website said the
escalator
broke after singing and chanting fans started to jump up and down on it.
