Firefighters use metal-cutting equipment to free 19-month-old girl after she gets her leg stuck… in a shopping trolleyKeeley O'Brien was trapped in trolley for nearly an hour in Tesco store
Shoppers and staff tried to free her unsuccessfully so firefighters calledMother Leanne Bradbury described the experience as 'horrible'
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18:04 GMT, 21 December 2012
A 19-month-old girl was rescued by firefighters after getting her leg trapped in a shopping trolley.
Keeley O’Brien was being wheeled around the store by mother Leanne Bradbury, 19, when her foot slipped through bars around the child seat.
The screaming child was trapped in the trolley at Tesco Extra in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, for an hour as her parents, shoppers and staff all failed in their attempts to free her leg.
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Trapped: Baby Keeley O'Brien became trapped while shopping with her mother in Tesco Extra in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. She was trapped for around an hour before firefighters freed her using metal-cutting equipment
Firefighters were eventually called and were forced to use specialist cutting equipment, normally used in car crashes, to free the toddler.
Mother Leanne, from Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, described the incident as 'horrible'.
Recalling the incident, she said: 'Keeley was screaming and there was nothing I could do.
'We tried to help her out of the trolley but she was really stuck and I didn’t want to hurt her. I’m just so relieved it wasn’t more serious.
 her leg became trapped.
An off-duty paramedic shopping in the store was among those unable to release the child's leg, before staff in the Tesco store were forced to dial 999.
Releif: Miss Bradbury described the incident as 'horrible' but Keeley escaped with only a bruised ankle.'