Boy, 5, died after arm trapped in ski resort travelator in Japan

Trees in Japan's northern Hokkaido prefecture, where a boy has died after becoming caught in a travelator during a skiing trip. Photograph: Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images

A five-year-old boy has died after becoming trapped in a moving travelator at a ski resort in northern Japan, local media have said.

The victim, Hinata Goto, died on Sunday after his right arm became trapped in the walkway’s winding mechanism during a family skiing trip to Otaru, a city on Japan’s northernmost island of Hokkaido.