Man, 72, is killed by escalator after getting his suit jacket caught in handrail

A man died after his suit jacket became caught in the railing of an escalator in Japan.

Mamoru Suzuki, 72, collapsed at JR Mito station in the eastern Japanese city of Mito after the back of his jacket became caught in an escalator that connects the station’s platform to the ticket sales area.

The man from Hitachi, a city in Ibaraki Prefecture, was alert when he was found around 9 p.m. Tuesday near the escalator exit, but he later lost consciousness and was taken to a local hospital, they report. local media.

Mr. Suzuki was confirmed dead, but the cause of death has not yet been determined.

Police are currently reviewing CCTV footage from the station to find out what happened before Mr Suzuki’s death.

This comes after a 12-year-old boy tragically fell 50 feet from an escalator in India and died after his pants reportedly got caught in the railing while he was playing at the top.

The boy fell at the Nucleus shopping center in Ranchi, eastern India’s Jharkhand state, on June 22, 2019.

Footage shows him playing near the top of the escalator at the mall as other shoppers go up and down, but then he falls over the side and loses control before falling.

The video, which was filmed by CCTV inside the shopping complex, initially shows the boy standing at the top of the escalator as other shoppers pass by.

He puts his hand on the motorized rail in an apparent attempt to stop it before he is joined by two other children standing next to him.

But he suddenly lunges forward and can’t help but fall over the side, despite frantically trying.

He still holds on with his right hand over the drop to the ground below.

The boy is then briefly dragged down as the escalator descends before he loses control and disappears from view as he falls.

Vishvendu Jaipuriar, a local journalist who witnessed the incident, said: “The boy was rubbing his body against the conveyor belt of the escalator.

‘He was playfully trying to stop with all his might. In the process, his pants got stuck in his belt and he was dragged along.’