Metro

WATCH: 5 injured after steep PATH escalator starts moving backwards during a.m. commute

Here’s a reverse commute no one wants!

Five people were injured this morning in New Jersey when an ascending escalator at the Exchange Place PATH station suddenly went haywire and headed south, officials said.

Three of the injured commuters were taken to the hospital.

“Fortunately none of the injuries are life threatening,” said PA spokesman Ron Marsico, describing injuries as “bumps, bruises and scrapes.”

Wild screams of “stop, stop, stop” were captured by an amateur videographer, who recorded the shocking 9 a.m. mishap.

Several male commuters could be seen jumping off the escalator and planking on the handrail.

Commuters at the top of the escalator furiously kept their legs moving forward to keep up with the descending stairs, the video showed. People at the bottom of the escalator were spotted scrambling to get off the malfunctioning steps.

Two of the station’s three escalators have been shut down.

With Post Wire Services and additional reporting by David K. Li