Boy Injured in Macy's Escalator Accident

A 5-year-old boy got his hand caught in an escalator at the Promenade Bolingbrook Macy’s store Wednesday night.

According to an eye witness, the incident happened at about 8 p.m. on the second floor up escalator inside the store.

Andrea Schwartz, a Macy's spokeswoman, said a store employee pushed the panic button on the escalator to stop it, and a crew began working immediately to dismantle it as fire and police personnel were called. 

The boy was freed from the escalator before Bolingbrook paramedics arrived, said Bolingbrook Police Lt. Michael Rompa. He was transported to Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital for unspecified injuries, Rompa said.