A pregnant woman in Northwest China died on Monday (March 28) after she apparently fainted and got her neck stuck in a fence, Chinese media reported.
The incident happened in Yulin city in China’s Shaanxi province.
According to The Beijing News, the incident happened opposite a department store at about 1.30pm.
Pictures circulating online showed the woman in a kneeling position beside the fence.
A witness said that the woman looked like she was dizzy and held on to the fence to “rest”. He said that she did not call for help, and may have lost consciousness after her head “slid” near the fence.
People who went to help later tried to pry the fence around the woman’s head as “they did not dare to touch the woman ‘at will’,” said the witness.
According to a report on Thursday (March 31), the woman was identified as 32-year-old Feng Bo, who was eight months pregnant. She was said to have been on her way home after dropping off her 11-year-old daughter at school.
Police and rescuers who later arrived at the scene, lifted the woman from the fence and took her to hospital.
The hospital said the woman showed no signs of life, and that the unborn child could not be saved either.
sinsh@sph.com.sg
