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An escape room actor playing a ghost that died by hanging nearly actually died during her work shift this past Sunday. The incident happened at Rostart Games’s Xinyi branch in Taipei, where 29-year-old Ms. Wu tied a real rope around her neck instead of a prop. After performing for the players, she did not come out of the escape room with the rest of the team, which is when she was found to have actually strangled and in a coma. Fortunately, she regained vital signs later at the hospital. Ms. Wu’s family alleged that Rostart Games fail to adhere to safety standards, which was later found to be true by the city’s labor department. As a result, the branch was forced to suspend operations and could be fined up to NT$300,000.

Police inspect Rostart Games’s Xinyi branch in Taipei, where an employee stumbles while answering questions one day after another employee suffered a near-fatal accident at work.

Wu Wen-yi
FTV reporter
We’re at the location of the incident. The venue was supposed to open at 9:30 a.m., but it’s already been an hour, and it’s still not open.

On the evening of May 10, a 29-year-old female employee of Rostart Games Xinyi was playing the role of a ghost who had died by hanging. After the escape room game ended, she did not come out with the rest of the team. That’s when she was discovered in a coma with a real rope around her neck.

Voice of frequent escape room player (anonymized)
Familiar with employee’s act
She gave a little performance, and when players were scared enough, she performed hanging herself, which ended when an elevator appeared and we went on to the next scene. I believe the hanging scene lasted one minute at most. She of course, showed struggling motions, but she also had the typical horror makeup, so it was hard to tell whether she really felt unwell or if it was just an act.

Following the accident, a social media user claiming to be the employee’s brother wrote that what happened wasn’t an accident, because his sister had mentioned that her workplace does not thoroughly adhere to safety standards by using only professional props, and that the rope she performed with was a real rope.

Deputy head
Sanzhangli Police Station
Our initial assessment rules out external intervention. However, Ms. Wu’s family decided to sue the business operator on her behalf for causing injury by negligence and for severe injury caused by negligence.

Fortunately, the employee was successfully resuscitated and escaped death. Prosecutors and police continue to investigate the cause of her injury.

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