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A three-year-old girl is in hospital after falling through a gap by an escalator in Liverpool's Primark store. A three-year-old girl is in hospital after falling from the second-floor escalator in Liverpool's Primark store.
Merseyside Police believe the girl may have fallen through more than one floor at the Church Street store. It is understood the toddler may have come off one of the escalators and fallen through the gap between them.
Officers said the girl was taken to hospital by ambulance, but her condition was not yet known. Merseyside Police said the girl was taken to the Royal Liverpool University Hospital by ambulance but her condition was not yet known.
It is not clear how the accident happened, but police and health and safety officers are investigating at the scene. The Church Street store was exacuated and sealed off after the incident, which happened at about 1330 BST.
Police are questioning staff and shoppers at the store in a search for potential witnesses. Police and health and safety officers are currently investigating at the scene.
Police are also questioning staff and shoppers at the store in a search for potential witnesses.