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Boy injured after foot gets caught in escalator at VivoCity

• Clivebenss

  11 Apr 10, 21:50

  Boy injured after foot gets caught in escalator at VivoCity
  Posted: 11 April 2010 1742 hrs

  SINGAPORE : A 10-year-old boy has been injured after his foot was caught in an escalator at VivoCity.
  
  The accident took place at about 12.45pm on Sunday.
  
  The boy was travelling on the escalator with his parents when the shoe on his right foot got caught in the escalator.
  
  Staff at VivoCity managed to release his foot from the escalator and the boy was sent to Singapore General Hospital (SGH) for treatment.
  
  An SGH spokesperson said the boy received treatment for cuts and his condition is stable.
  
  VivoCity is investigating the incident. - CNA/ms

• TTFU

  11 Apr 10, 21:52

  Itchy leg right.....

• Clivebenss

  11 Apr 10, 21:55

  bad shoes.

  

• sbst275

  11 Apr 10, 22:18

  couldd have been placed e feet near e edges and happened so to be of rubber material.

• AcidBoy

  11 Apr 10, 23:34

  

• ditzy

  11 Apr 10, 23:45

  Stupid kid, thats what you get for playing on escalators. Millions of people use the escalator everyday, only his got caught today. I ever got my hand caught in elevator doors before but thats my fault.

• monoslayer

  11 Apr 10, 23:55

  crocs again?

• ditzy

  11 Apr 10, 23:57

  I hope it happened at the set of escalators nearest esprit and just a stone throw from the Crocs shop.

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  12 Apr 10, 00:05

  it's always the same crocs shoes and the same escalator...

  and management still dun wan to do anything abt it...

• Deino

  12 Apr 10, 00:12

  Originally posted by ditzy:

  Stupid kid, thats what you get for playing on escalators. Millions of people use the escalator everyday, only his got caught today. I ever got my hand caught in elevator doors before but thats my fault.

  HI-5...me too LOL

• Googooboyy

  12 Apr 10, 01:30

  Investigate the incident for lost fragment of shoes? Interesting..

• iceFatboy

  12 Apr 10, 09:00

  Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:

  it's always the same crocs shoes and the same escalator...

  and management still dun wan to do anything abt it...

  crocs again??

• Rooney9

  12 Apr 10, 09:05

  Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:

  it's always the same crocs shoes and the same escalator...

  and management still dun wan to do anything abt it...

  
  dun wear crocs la

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  12 Apr 10, 09:05

  Originally posted by iceFatboy:

  crocs again??

  
  no idea... but it's a good bet since it's not the first time there...

• ahtansh

  12 Apr 10, 12:05

  Some children are very naughty, parent can't even control them. Its good they learn their lesson the Hard way!

• Kawac151

  13 Apr 10, 15:39

  Feel sorry for the boy.

• ktwè

  14 Apr 10, 11:03