美国马萨诸萨州进行电扶梯全面检查：3月18日，美国马萨诸萨州一名4岁男孩在一商店自动扶梯上滑到身亡，调查称男孩在二层扶梯上滑倒，从扶梯缝隙中跌落在一个柜台上而死亡。事后州公共安全局关闭了此店内的所有自动扶梯。事故过后，整个州的25台自动扶梯接受了安全检查。

　　ESCALATOR REINSPECTIONS AFTER DEATH: State public-safety officials recently shut down escalators at a department/home store in Auburn, Massachusetts, after a 4-year-old Dudley, Massachusetts, boy died in another of the same mall's stores on March 18. The boy reportedly slipped through a gap at a second-floor escalator and fell 18 feet onto a display case. Authorities did not give a specific reason for the shutdown. Inspectors are rechecking 25 escalators across the state in the wake of the accident.