The child has received critical head injuries and is receiving treatment at a city hospital.
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A 2-year-old baby is in a critical condition after she fell through a gap in the escalator at the Sreirampura Metro station in Bengaluru. The incident took place on Sunday and the baby who received serious head injuries has been rushed to a hospital. As per Times of India, the baby’s grandfather was carrying the toddler in his right arm and was taking the escalator to the platform where trains moving towards Nadaprabhu Kempegowda (Majestic) station halt. Suddenly the baby slipped from his hands and fell through a gap on the elevator and fell to the ground level. The child landed on the road in front of a moving biker, who stopped immediately. "A child aged around 2 years fell down from the escalator at 8:07 pm at our metro station.The escalator was immediately stopped and the child was rushed to the hospital immediately. The grandfather of the child," an official at Srirampura Metro Station told TNM. Officials at the station stopped the escalator after the incident occurred and rushed the baby to the hospital. Police officials from Subramanya Nagar Police Station arrived on the spot after the incident was reported to them. "The baby is currently receiving treatment and we are looking into the incident," confirmed a police official at Subramanya Nagar Police Station. The child was later shifted to the Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health and is currently undergoing treatment there. Srirampura metro station is on the green line of the Bengaluru metro route.
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