The child’s right hand was “sucked into the escalator down to (her) palm,” resulting in four fingers being “amputated,” a lawsuit in Harris County alleges.

The suit emphasizes that the incident could have been prevented and that the defendants failed to ensure safety.

H-E-B is facing a $1 million lawsuit over an incident that occurred at a Bellaire location earlier this year, when a 3-year-old girl lost four fingers in an accident on the store's escalator. The lawsuit against TK Elevator Corporation and H-E-B,

The family of a 3-year-old girl is suing H-E-B and TK Elevator Corporation after four of her fingers were amputated by an escalator.

A 3-year-old girl lost four fingers in an escalator accident at a Bellaire H-E-B store, prompting her family to sue the escalator manufacturer and the store.