Six-year-old child in hospital after getting his foot stuck in an escalator at Gare Du Nord

A 6-year-old child got his foot stuck in an escalator at Gare du Nord in Brussels on Tuesday morning around 9 a.m., said Walter Derieuw, spokesperson for the Brussels fire brigade. He was taken to hospital with minor injuries to his foot. “A group of children were at the Gare du Nord in Brussels as part of a summer activity, supervised by a monitor.

The group took the escalator that leads to the tram lines below the station and one of the children, aged 6, had his foot caught between the last step and the end of the escalator,” explained Walter Derieuw. “The firefighters were called as well as the Smur.

The Smur doctor injected a tranquilizer into the child, who was especially panicked by the people gathered around him. After being releasedhe was nevertheless transported to the hospital, slightly injured in the foot, “said the spokesperson for the firefighters.

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Originally posted 2019-07-17 12:55:47.

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