Boy, 12, airlifted to hospital after plunging down the side of an escalator in Sainsbury’s

A YOUNG lad was airlifted to hospital after he plunged down the side of a supermarket escalator.

The 12-year-old was in a Sainsbury's when he fell, suffering back, abdomen and shoulder pain at roughly 5.30 on yesterday afternoon.

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The boy who accidentally fell off the escalator in Maidstone, Kent, was flown by air ambulance to Kings College Hospital, London.

He is now believed to be in a serious but stable condition.

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The escalator links the supermarket with a shopping mall and it is currently not clear how he fell.

The boy was treated at the scene by paramedics before the helicopter arrived to rush him to the capital.