According to Huanqiu, an affiliate of People's Daily Online, the woman, who has not been identified, fainted over a set of railings on a busy commercial area of the city and got her head trapped between the barriers in the process on Monday.
She was said to be seven months pregnant with twins, neither of which could be saved.
According to a local shop keeper, the incident took place around 4pm local time on March 28.
The woman, thought to be in her 30s, was said to be feeling faint and used the railings for support as she was on her own.
Unfortunately she fainted, which led to her head getting caught.
A short video from the scene showed two men trying to pull the barriers apart from either side of the woman.
Their efforts yielded no results however.
By the time the ambulance arrived, the woman already had no signs of life and it was too late to save the twin in her womb.
The woman's husband, named Ai Zhongfeng, told Hong Kong's Mingjingyoubaow that he believed the design of the railings was one of the causes of his wife's death.
He has already informed the local government and hopes that some positive changes could be made as a result.
The incident has already been ruled an accident but it's not clear whether there will be further investigation into the cause.
Six such incidents have been reported in the last six years.
Most recently, a man in his 60s died in Beijing in August 2015 after getting his head caught.
The man was said to have been waiting for the bus when he fainting, leading to the tragedy.
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