Boy Gets Stuck in Oxford Valley Mall Escalator

By Alison Smith:

A 7-year-old boy was airlifted to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia on Sunday after he became trapped in a Bucks County escalator.

The 7-year-old boy from Trenton, N.J., was shopping with his mother Sunday afternoon at the Oxford Valley Mall when his foot became trapped in an escalator, The Bucks County Courier Times reported.

A nearby shopper pressed the escalator’s emergency button, alerting mall security, Fox29 said; in the end, it took fire crews from Langhorne-Middletown, Fairless Hills and Penndel about 20 minutes to extricate the boy using hydraulic rams and other tools, the Courier Times said.

The boy, whose name has not been released, was initially transported to St. Mary Medical Center, the Courier Times said, before later being flown to CHOP.

The extent of the boy’s injuries was not known, but Fox29 said that “there was no amputation.”

Representatives from the Oxford Valley mall told Fox29 that the escalator was recently inspected.

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