Woman threw herself on the street in China after her boyfriend dumps her by text

The 24-year-old woman was reportedly told by her partner that their relationship of several years simply wasn't working out.

The woman, realising she had been dumped, threw herself down on the floor of a busy Hong Kong street and threw a tantrum which a toddler would have been proud of.

Video of the tantrum shows people try to intervene at points - only to be batted away by the inconsolable woman.

Eventually, it seems they realised the only way to get her off the streets of the Tsim Sha Tsui district was to call for professional help.

Paramedics who arrived on the scene after the hour-and-a-half display were forced to restrain the woman, said to be 24, according to The Mirror.

She is then seen being carted off on a stretcher in front of bemused onlookers, who were then able to get on with their days.