Toddler's hand gets sucked into escalator as he plays with moving rail in terrifying footage
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A toddler's hand was sucked into a escalator as he played with the moving device.
CCTV footage shows the tot running his hand along the rubber handrail for fun while his mum stands a few feet away.
The one-year-old boy and his mum from the Lusong District in Zhuzhou City, China, were visiting the Pengtai Supermarket when the accident happened.
She appeared to tell him to stop messing around and ushered him over to her as he played with the escalator.
(Image: AsiaWire)
(Image: AsiaWire)
But as the boy carried on, the mum started slowly walking away - seemingly in the hope that he would follow.
The child continued touching the rail though, until his hand followed it downwards and was snagged in the machine.
Suddenly the mum rushed over to her crying son, who could not free his left hand from the travelator although it had automatically stopped.
(Image: AsiaWire)
(Image: AsiaWire)
According to reports, the panicked parent called staff members for help.
Two officers from the Urban Administrative and Law Enforcement Bureau later took the handrail panel apart in order to free the boy's trapped hand, reports claimed.
The child was taken to the Hunan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, where doctor Zhang Dihong confirmed he hadn't sustained any serious injuries.