Boy, 5, dies after arm gets trapped in ski escalator in Japan

The boy’s arm entered part of the conveyor belt’s winding mechanism at Asarigawa Onsen Ski Resort in Hokkaido (Picture: Kyodo)

A boy has died after getting caught in an outdoor escalator on a Japanese ski slope in front of his mother.

The five-year-old, named locally as Hinata Goto, reportedly fell near the top of the lift, which carries skiers on a conveyor belt up a slope in Asarigawa Onsen Ski Resort, on the island of Hokkaido.

His right is said to have been caught in the...