Baby crushed to death on luggage belt at Alicante-Elche airport
Thursday, September 19, 2013 @ 11:48 PM
A FAMILY holiday ended in tragedy before it had begun yesterday (Thursday) when a five-month-old baby lost his life in a luggage carousel accident at Alicante-Elche airport.
He and his parents were due to spend their break in Dénia (Alicante province) on the northern Costa Blanca.
His mother, who is originally from the USA, had flown in from London and is believed to have placed the child on a luggage belt which was not moving or in use to give her a free hand to collect her bags.
But the baby's weight is thought to have caused the conveyor to start moving automatically as it would if luggage were to be placed on it.
He lost his life after becoming wedged into the rollers in the part where the bags come through onto the belt.
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