Overview
- Authorities say the child was left unconscious and remains in critical condition after his right arm was caught at the end of the lift.
- Local police and firefighters report he fell when trying to get off the conveyor-belt device at a resort in Otaru, Hokkaido.
- Firefighters received the emergency call from his mother at about 10 a.m. local time.
- Rescue personnel freed the boy roughly half an hour after the call, according to police and fire officials.
- The lift connects the facility’s parking area and the ski slope, and officials have not identified the resort or announced a cause.