A night out with her family turned into a painful experience for 10-year-old Chrisanta Geron Lee when her left foot got stuck in an escalator at a shopping mall here last night.
Firefighters struggled for about an hour before they could free her.
The incident occurred at about 8.40pm while Chrisanta was on a dinner outing at the shopping mall near Peringgit with her family. She was taking the escalator down to the ground floor when her foot got wedged in the space between the steps.
When she screamed in pain, her parents and passers-by tried to free her leg. Others quickly pushed the emergency stop button.
However, by the time the escalator stopped, her entire foot was already trapped in the escalator and the Fire and Rescue Department had to be called to release her.
She was later rushed to the Malacca Hospital for treatment, where she was reported to be in stable condition.
Meanwhile, several local journalists claimed they were manhandled by the mall’s security guards who tried to stop them from taking photographs of the victim at the scene.
Melaka Tengah OCPD ACP Salehhudin Abd Rahman confirmed that a police report was lodged by a journalist from a local Chinese daily.
