A 3-year-old boy in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, was strangled to
death in a mall on Tuesday afternoon when his clothes got caught in
an escalator on which he had been playing, Yangtze Evening
newspaper reported.
The boy's father borrowed a pair of scissors to cut away
clothing that had tightened around the child's neck.
However, by the time he was freed, the boy's face had turned
purple, and by the time he arrived at a nearby hospital he had no
heartbeat and was not breathing.
He was declared dead about one hour later.
The doctor who tried to save the boy said he died of too much
pressure on the chest, which prevented the heart and lungs from
working normally.
The boy's parents, who own a store in the mall, are negotiating
for compensation with the mall's owners.