A bizarre accident on a moving walkway in a British shopping centre has almost killed a four-year-old boy and left his face temporarily discoloured.
Darren Webb said his son Stevie Webb looks "like an extra out of that new Avatar film" after his head became trapped between two travelators at the Sainsbury's Savacentre in Colliers Wood, south London.
Stevie was playing near the walkways when his jacket became snagged — violently snapping his head backwards.
He was not breathing when his mother hit the emergency stop button but later regained consciousness.
While Stevie is expected to make a full recovery, burst blood vessels in his head have left his face and eyes a strange shade of purple.
"The doctors [said] it's only because he's so young and supple that his neck didn't break," the Croydon Guardian reported Darren Webb as saying.
"He doesn’t have any white left in his eyes and it could be months until the colour in his face goes back to normal."
The family said they will take legal action against the shopping centre after mall management refused to accept blame for the bizarre accident.
"There needs to be something there to stop this from happening again," the BBC reported Mr Webb as saying.
"[My son] died, stopped breathing under a 20-foot Sainsbury's sign. You tell me whose responsibility it is."
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