Five-year-old boy dies after getting caught in Japan ski travelatorAsarigawa Onsen Ski Resort's FacebookPictures posted on the Asarigawa Onsen Ski resort's social media accounts show people using travelators to access the ski slopesA five-year-old boy in Japan has died while on a ski holiday with his family after his arm caught on a travelator. On Sunday morning Hinata Goto was about to step off the travelator at a Hokkaido resort's ski slopes when he fell down and his right arm became trapped in the machinery, Japanese media reported citing police. The travelator was equipped with a safety mechanism, but it failed to activate. The machine only halted when the boy's mother hit the emergency stop button. Rescue workers spent 40 minutes dismantling part of the travelator to free the boy, who by then had fallen unconscious.
