An avoidable tragedy which will raise the question of access to social networks for the youngest. Wednesday November 27, 2024, an 11-year-old boy was seriously injured in a shopping center near Saint-Lazare station, in Paris, says The Parisian.
According to several witnesses to our colleagues, he grabbed the handrail of an escalator and let himself be carried into the void by the mechanism. “People were shouting at him to stop, stop! »detailed an employee of one of the brands installed nearby.
Multiples fractures
Arriving at the top, he hit a railing before falling approximately 5 m high. He didn't fall to the floor but landed on a bar stool. His cries caused a crowd before a woman – presumably his grandmother – came to take care of him and calm him down.
Taken care of by firefighters, he was transported in serious condition to Robert-Debré hospital and, according to our colleagues, he suffered from multiple fractures.
According to the Paris police headquarters, the child did this to reproduce the scene from a video published on a social network. It would be TikTok.
