2024-08-07 18:38:18
The woman shared photos of the collapsed shelf on Instagram. In the images, you can see how a high shelf with shoes, which was standing next to the wall, is already on the ground.
According to the woman, the shelf fell right in front of her eyes and landed on the girl, who is believed to be around 11 years old. As the store visitor who took the shot wrote, women’s screams and the screams of the girl who were being crushed could be heard. The men nearby rushed to the rescue, while the woman called an ambulance.
“I feel very unsafe now after seeing these images,” she wrote, adding that life is fragile and you never know when something will fall on your head on a flat surface.
According to preliminary police data, a metal wall collapsed and crushed 11-12-year-olds in the Sportland store located in the Akropolis shopping center. a girl The child was taken out conscious.
As a portal lrytas.lt reported by representatives, the incident was reported on August 6 at 12:43 p.m.
The manager of “Sportland” Juras Vēželis confirmed to the lrytas.lt portal that part of the shoe shelves hanging from the wall in the store fell down. “During the incident, a minor client was injured, so an ambulance was immediately called to the scene, and police officers also arrived. We thank the medics for their prompt response – upon arrival, the medics provided first aid on the spot. The girl was taken to the hospital for further examination, her brother and mother, who were in the store at the time of the incident, left with her,” the comment states.
Sportland’s personnel manager Živile Čuutienė told the news agency “Elta” on Tuesday evening that, as far as she knows, the girl has already been released from the hospital, according to preliminary data, she was not seriously injured.
“We sincerely apologize to the victim girl and her relatives for this incident, as well as to other store visitors for the unpleasant emotions they experienced,” the manager added.
According to reports, the store was closed after the incident.
“We are currently investigating the circumstances and causes of the incident – this is the first such incident in many years of operation, and we take it very seriously. We will try to ensure that no similar events happen again and that customers in all Sportland stores are guaranteed a safe shopping experience,” assured J. Vēželis.
2024-08-07 18:38:18