An Asda employee has been applauded by customers for saving a little boy's life. The checkout worker stopped a toddler from choking on a gummy sweet by hitting his back multiple times.
The distressing incident took place in the Farnworth store in Bolton, when the boy, aged around two to three-years-old, had been shopping with his mum and got a gummy snake sweet he had brought into the supermarket stuck in his throat. Joanne Lang, who was working by the self-scan checkouts, quickly sprang into action and rushed to help the child, who was sitting in a trolley.
The boy was struggling to breathe and his face had turned red, but Joanne, who is a mum herself and is first-aid trained, knew what to do - leaning him forward and hitting him on his back, WalesOnline reports. She said: "It was just pure instinct.
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