Eight-year-old boy’s foot gets stuck in mall escalator

An eight-year-old boy suffered serious injuries after his left foot got stuck in a mall escalator.

Firefighters struggled for about an hour before managing to free him.

The incident occurred at about 11.30am yesterday when the boy was accompanying his mother to the shopping mall located near Bandar Utama.

The boy and his mother were taking the escalator heading towards the lobby when his foot got wedged in the space between the steps and he began shrieking in pain.

His mother and passers-by tried to help free the boy, using a screwdriver in a bid to open up the steps of the escalator, but to no avail and personnel from the Fire and Rescue Department had to be called in.

The boy was later rushed to the University Malaya Medical Centre, where he was reported to be in stable condition.

A witness, who declined to be identified, said she saw the mother looking on helplessly as the boy kept shouting for help with tears streaming out of his eyes.

“It was horrifying. Before the Fire and Rescue Department personnel arrived, some members of the public and the mall staff tried everything they could to free the boy’s foot.

“But whatever they did, the boy just kept on crying in pain,” she said, adding that she hoped the boy would make a full recovery soon.