Friday, March 30, 2012

4-year-old's hand torn after being pushed down MRT escalator

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.

Lee requested her Facebook followers to share the photo so that "witnesses can step forward" to contact them.

"I do not earn anything if you are willing to share. I am hereby begging your help to arrest that horrible person who did this to my little nephew," she said.

She added that the boy is left handed, and the family is worried if he will be able to use his left hand again.

The doctor has said Lucas may lose some mobility in his left hand.

"Imagine the amount of pain inflicted on him, his parents and us," she said.

The family's maid said that a witness to the incident had told her that a man in light blue jeans, red top and a cap had pushed pass Lucas.

The post has since gone viral, and has been posted up on several forums.

Some netizens have suggested that the family of the boy request SMRT to release the surveillance cameras facing the escalators.

Others have questioned the authenticity of the post, and some have even posted comments criticizing the guardian of the child of negligence.


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