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| Girl critical after Primark fall | |
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| A three-year-old girl is in a critical condition after falling from a second-floor escalator in Liverpool's Primark store. | |
| It is understood the girl may have fallen off one of two escalators and through the gap between them. | |
| Merseyside Police said the girl was taken to the Royal Liverpool University Hospital by ambulance. | |
| The Church Street store was evacuated and sealed off after the incident, which happened at about 1330 BST. | |
| Police and health and safety officers are currently investigating at the scene. | 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. | Police are also questioning staff and shoppers at the store in a search for potential witnesses. |
| A spokesman for Primark said: "We are obviously profoundly shocked and saddened to learn of the accident in our Liverpool store this afternoon. | |
| "We are doing all we can to assist the authorities in their investigation. | |
| "All our thoughts are with the little girl and her family." | |
| The shutters of the Liverpool store have been brought down and it appears closed, although staff can be seen coming and going through a side entrance. | |
| Two police cars were parked outside the building. |