On the afternoon of the 21st, a 7-year-old girl who was riding an escalator at a large shopping mall in Urasoe City, Okinawa Prefecture fell from the 4th floor to the 1st floor and became unconscious.
Before 1:00 pm on the 21st, the fire department and the police were notified that a girl who was riding an escalator at a large shopping mall "Parco City" in Nishisu, Urasoe City had fallen.
According to police, her father, a 7-year-old girl who was a member of the U.S. military, hit her head hard and was taken to the U.S. Naval Hospital by ambulance, where she was unconscious and in critical condition. It has become.
When police checked security cameras, the girl lost her balance while resting on the handrail of the up escalator and fell to the first floor through the gap between the escalator and the wall near the fourth floor.
The gap is about 20 cm and there is no net to prevent falling.
The girl was visiting a shopping mall with her parents and siblings, and she is investigating the situation in which the police fell.