Overview
- Around 10:00 a.m. local time on Dec. 28, the family reported the incident at Asarigawa Onsen Ski Resort in Otaru, Hokkaido.
- Firefighters freed the child about 40 minutes after the 119 call from the exit area of the outdoor belt-conveyor system.
- Otaru fire officials said the boy’s right arm was caught and he was transported to a hospital unconscious with no breathing reported.
- Authorities said the injured child is 5 years old and that his mother placed the emergency call.
- Otaru police have opened an inquiry into the circumstances of the entrapment and are collecting details at the scene.