Teenage Girl’s Hand Trapped in Escalator at Main Place Mall in Santa Ana

A 13-year-old girl’s hand got tangled beneath the handrail of an escalator at a shopping mall in Santa Ana on Sunday, July 31, and had to be freed by firefighters.

According to the Orange County Fire Authority, the injury occurred at the south end of the MainPlace Mall at about 6:30 p.m.

About eight firefighters worked to free her on the first floor as bystanders watched.

The girl was given medication for pain while rescuers disassembled the mechanism, Morganstern said. Then, a small Dremel was used to grind away the remaining plastic and metal binding her hand. The process took over an hour.

Afterward, the girl who suffered the personal injury, wept and called out for her mother with her right arm wrapped in bandages as she was on a stretcher that was loaded into an ambulance.

Accidents like these often leave victims with the right to pursue a claim. As one of the leading catastrophic personal injury law firms in California, Callahan & Blaine has obtained numerous record-breaking verdicts and settlements in cases like this, helping bring some small justice to the aggrieved family. If you or someone you know has suffered a catastrophic injury or died as the result of an accident, contact the best personal injury attorneys in Orange County for expert legal counsel. Contact Callahan & Blaine if you believe you have a right to seek justice at (888) 894-1703.

Jake Gosselin

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