Hokkaido ski resort accident: Boy dies after being trapped in escalator

TOKYO — A 5-year-old boy died after becoming trapped in an escalator at a ski resort in Otaru in the northernmost Japan prefecture of Hokkaido, according to local police. Around 10 a.m. on Sunday, the boy’s mother called for an ambulance reporting the accident. According to the Hokkaido prefectural police department, the escalator where the