Mum’s horror as boy, 4, is hurt in accident at Asda after being pinned by a trolley while on escalator
A MUM watched on in horror as her four-year-old son was “pinned” between an escalator and trolley at Asda.
The Kent mum, 42, said her boy suffered facial injuries, and skin was pulled from his shoulder amid the “scary” ordeal.
The mum, who has not been named, bravely recalled how her son had been standing on the moving staircase at Asda in Sittingbourne when a shopping cart fell on it.
The horror unfolded when another customer’s trolley rolled backwards, seeing her fall and land on the four-year-old – with a fully loaded trolley on top of them.
She told KentOnline: “The people who came to our aid said they heard a popping noise as if the trolley was de-magnetising.
“They ran straight down and started pulling the trolley off my son.”
Describing her son’s injuries, she added: “He has sustained trauma to his shoulder and on his face.
“It looked like a cheese grater had done it. He has bruising in areas.
“He did not want to leave me the other day when we dropped him off at his grandparents. He was super clingy and he is not usually.”
The horror unfolded on Friday evening, and the 42-year-old added: “There appears to be no safeguarding for public or staff in place.
“There were no signs to say that it was broken. They did not warn anyone that there were issues.”
The mum said she thinks the incident could have been avoided if Asda had “reasonable safeguarding for their staff and customers”.
She added: “I do not want anyone else to go through what we went through.
“I thought I could have lost him.”
A spokesman for Asda said: “The travelator has not been repaired because there has not been any faults reported with it following a thorough inspection and service, both before and after these incidents.
“There have also been no similar incidents reported at this store. We’d be happy to invite this customer into store to discuss this further.”