A woman in China has allegedly had her leg severed by a faulty lift after getting it trapped between the closing doors.

CCTV footage shows a short-haired woman looking at her phone while walking into the lift. She tripped over and fell to the floor.

Her leg was stuck between the doors as the lift suddenly went up.

The woman in China didn't notice the lift going up as she walked into it looking at her phone

According to Iqiyi, the woman was looking at her phone and did not notice the lift had started to move before she walked in.

Another woman behind her luckily escaped the dangerous situation as she did not walk in with her at the same time.

The lift went up for about three floors before it stopped and the woman can be seen lying on the floor and waiting for help.

She has her right leg trapped by the closing doors and it crushes her lower leg instantly (left). The woman struggles to set her leg free as the lift goes up at least three floors above (right)

The lift stops about 30 seconds later and the woman tries to move her right leg (left). It appears that her right calf was cut off completely from knee below (right)

She struggled to get her leg out and it appeared that the lift had crushed her right lower leg.

The video suggested that her leg was cut off completely below her knee.

It's confirmed that the incident happened on 21 June, 2017, but only the footage had been released recently.

It's said the incident took place in Conch Building in Zhongshan West Road of Shanghai.

No further information has been disclosed. It remains unclear if the woman had survived the accident.