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Man dies after his jacket gets caught in escalator at Japan station

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<div style="box-sizing:border-box;background-repeat:no-repeat;padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:1.3em;color:rgb(51, 51, 51);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1711508910496alex-knight-1Zbt0YyGoSo-unsplash.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Alex Knight, Unsplash "/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"><em>Alex Knight, Unsplash</em></span><em> </em></span></span></span>MITO, Japan -- A man has died following an accident involving his suit jacket getting caught in an escalator at a station in eastern Japan, police said Wednesday.</div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;background-repeat:no-repeat;padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:1.3em;color:rgb(51, 51, 51);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The staff of JR Mito Station found Mamoru Suzuki, a 72-year-old resident of Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, collapsed but still conscious at around 9 p.m. Tuesday, with the back of his jacket ensnared in the escalator&#x27;s handrail, according to the local police.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;background-repeat:no-repeat;padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:1.3em;color:rgb(51, 51, 51);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Suzuki later fell unconscious and was confirmed dead at the hospital he had been transported to. The cause of his death remains undetermined, and the police are reviewing the station&#x27;s security camera footage.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;background-repeat:no-repeat;padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:1.3em;color:rgb(51, 51, 51);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">He was found near the escalator&#x27;s exit, which connects the station platform to the ticket gate area. The escalator was moving at the time.</p><div style="box-sizing:border-box;background-repeat:no-repeat;padding:0px;margin:0px;line-height:1.3em;color:rgb(51, 51, 51);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>A man has died following an accident involving his suit jacket getting caught in an escalator at a station in eastern Japan, police said Wednesday. </p>

A man has died following an accident involving his suit jacket getting caught in an escalator at a station in eastern Japan, police said Wednesday.