A shocking video has emerged of a woman falling down a staircase in an underground train station in China.

The CCTV footage, captured in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province last Thursday, shows the woman suddenly losing her footing and falling down the stairs.

She was reportedly looking at her phone as she started walking down the steps which caused her to lose her footing.

She was injured but it now said to be recovering.

Shocking footage, from China, of a woman falling down from stairs in underground.

The CCTV video, captured in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province last Thursday, shows a woman walking downstairs suddenly losing control and rolling down the stairs.

Then, the underground crew runs to her immediately.

Because the woman stared at her phone when she walked downstairs. She suddenly stepped on the wrong place and lost control.

Although she had more than a dozen of scratches on her body, she was not injured severely.