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Saturday, Mar 31, 2012 SINGAPORE - A four-year-old boy was pushed down the escalator at Ang Mo Kio MRT station, causing his left hand to get caught in the escalator and badly injuring it.
The news first broke when Ms Visa Lee, who put up a Facebook post showing a photograph of the boy's hand torn and bloody, called for help sharing the picture to locate witnesses for the accident.
According to reports, Lucas Xie was with his brother and maid going down the escalator when he was shoved from behind.
He lost his footing and landed on his left hand, which subsequently got caught when the steps of the escalator went beneath the floor, The Straits Times reported.
He screamed for help while his hand was stuck for more than 10 minutes, his maid, 29-year-old Tukinem Kasdu said.
The incident happened on Wednesday afternoon at around 4pm. The boy's hand was freed at around 4.20pm. said an SMRT spokesperson.
According to the original Facebook message, the boy - identified as Lee's nephew - required 18 stitches on his left hand, which had a deep gash along his middle finger and another on his index finger. Both fingers were bruised and swollen.
According to ST, the escalator was stopped when a passenger pressed the emergency stop button on the escalator. Another passenger went to alert the station staff.
He was sent to KK Women's & Children's Hospital, which revealed that the accident had also caused a hairline fracture in his middle finger and damaged his blood vessels.
Saturday, Mar 31, 2012 SINGAPORE - A four-year-old boy was pushed down the escalator at Ang Mo Kio MRT station, causing his left hand to get caught in the escalator and badly injuring it.
The news first broke when Ms Visa Lee, who put up a Facebook post showing a photograph of the boy's hand torn and bloody, called for help sharing the picture to locate witnesses for the accident.
According to reports, Lucas Xie was with his brother and maid going down the escalator when he was shoved from behind.
He lost his footing and landed on his left hand, which subsequently got caught when the steps of the escalator went beneath the floor, The Straits Times reported.
He screamed for help while his hand was stuck for more than 10 minutes, his maid, 29-year-old Tukinem Kasdu said.
The incident happened on Wednesday afternoon at around 4pm. The boy's hand was freed at around 4.20pm. said an SMRT spokesperson.
According to the original Facebook message, the boy - identified as Lee's nephew - required 18 stitches on his left hand, which had a deep gash along his middle finger and another on his index finger. Both fingers were bruised and swollen.
According to ST, the escalator was stopped when a passenger pressed the emergency stop button on the escalator. Another passenger went to alert the station staff.
He was sent to KK Women's & Children's Hospital, which revealed that the accident had also caused a hairline fracture in his middle finger and damaged his blood vessels.
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