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Phil Norris

'Hero' Asda worker praised for 'hitting' toddler several times to save his life

A supermarket worker saved a toddler's life after he started choking on a gummy sweet.

Joanne Lang was applauded after hitting the boy's back several times to allow him to breathe during the incident at an Asda store in Farnworth, Bolton, Greater Manchester.

The child, believed to be between two and three years, was shopping with his mum and sat in a trolley when the snake sweet got lodged in his throat, reports the Manchester Evening News.

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