Case · Türkiye
Boy looking at his phone falls through an open floor hatch in a shopping mall
In February 2022, a boy walking through a shopping mall in Istanbul while looking at his phone fell through an open maintenance hatch to the floor below. He landed on a pile of cardboard boxes and wasn't hurt.
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- When
- Feb. 14, 2022
- Where
- A shopping mall in Istanbul, Turkey
- Who
- A boy (age not given)
- Outcome
- Unhurt
On Feb. 14, 2022, a boy walking through a shopping mall in Istanbul while looking at his phone didn't notice a maintenance hatch left open in the walkway and fell to the floor below.
歩きスマホの少年が通路上に作業用の開口部があることに気付かず、そこから階下に転落した
"A boy walking while using his smartphone didn't notice a maintenance opening in the walkway and fell through it to the floor below." — Reuters (Feb. 17, 2022)
He landed on cardboard boxes stacked below and wasn't hurt.
What this case shows
The danger isn't only in the road. Anywhere the ground changes — building work, stairs, escalators — a moment looking at a screen can mean a trip or a fall. This time, he was lucky.
