Girl, six, left 'petrified' after Crocs shoe gets trapped in escalator at Trafford Centre Primark store
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA six year-old girl was lucky to escape serious injury after one of her Crocs shoes got trapped in an escalator at a Primark store, her mum says.
Emma Harris, 41, was shopping with her daughter at the Trafford Centre in June. She said they took the escalator up to the children's department when her daughter suddenly let out a 'panicked' shriek as the mechanical steps neared the top.
Emma said she heard the sound of the metal 'grabbing' at the shoe - and managed to pull at her daughter's right leg "I pulled her leg and the back of the Croc snapped as the escalator was pulling the shoe in," said Emma, a mum-of-two from Salford. "Her foot came out of the back because the rubber snapped, thankfully. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. "The escalator pulled her shoe and within seconds, it was severed through.
Had she not have yelled out and been stood next to me, and had the shoe not snapped, freeing her foot, the injury could have been life-changing.
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