Girl’s head jammed between poles on a bus in China
- The seven-year-old was leaning on two poles of a moving bus in China
- As the bus came to a sudden stop, she fell forward and became trapped
- Firefighters used tools to widen the gap between the posts and freed her
Firefighters in China have rescued a girl who got her head stuck between two poles on a bus after an emergency brake.
The seven-year-old was leaning on the poles when the bus came to a sudden stop in Fuzhou on June 24.
Rescuers used tools to widen the gap between the posts to free the girl.
A girl in China became trapped between two bus poles after the vehicle came to a sudden stop
A 23-second-clip, posted by Fuzhou’s firefighting bureau, shows the child’s agony after getting her head wedged between the metal posts.
The girl’s parents were accompanying her as she remained in an awkward squatting position.
The video then shows a group of firefighters using a power cutter to expand the gap between the two poles in order to release her.
A clip posted by Fuzhou’s firefighting bureau shows the child (left), accompanied by her mother (right), was stuck between two posts by the neck on the bus
Firefighters arrived at the scene with specialist equipment to rescue the seven-year-old girl
Firefighters used an electric cutter to expand the gap between the posts to free the girl
A report by state media CCTV said the girl was leaning on the poles during a bus ride in Fujian province on Saturday evening.
As the bus came to a sudden halt, the momentum sent her at the poles, causing her neck to be stuck between two poles.
The report did not state whether the girl sustained any injuries.
A report by state media CCTV said the girl was leaning on the two posts when the bus came to a sudden halt. The momentum threw her into the gap between the poles
Online users have discussed the incident on Weibo, China’s micro-blogging platform.
One user said: ‘I guess the bus was running fast before coming to a halt.’
Another one said: ‘This is so embarrassing.’
A third one said: ‘The child must have suffered great neck pain.’
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