Saturday June 30, 9:17
AM
Boy injures toe
after sandal gets stuck in escalator
SINGAPORE: A five-year-old boy injured his big toe on Friday, when
the sandal he was wearing got caught in a moving escalator at the
Woodlands Civic Centre.
The boy, who was shopping with his mother at the time, was
travelling down an escalator from the second to the first floor
when his right foot got stuck.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted at
around 11am about the incident, and arrived five minutes
later.
SCDF officers used a hand-held prying tool to free the boy from the
escalator.
The boy fractured his toe and was sent to the National University
Hospital. - CNA/yy