The boy’s rubber shoe was trapped between escalator steps at the Jurong Point mall. The SCDF used rescue equipment to free him. - SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS
SINGAPORE: A nine-year-old boy was injured and taken to the hospital after the rubber shoe he was wearing got trapped in an escalator at the Jurong Point shopping mall on July 14.
A netizen who claimed to have witnessed the incident, which happened at around 7.50pm, posted about it on social media platform Reddit, and said that the boy was stuck for around 40 minutes. Photos shared by the netizen showed several firefighters and paramedics at the scene, while passers-by looked on.
