The Brussels fire service has again had to free a member of the public whose foot got stuck in a roller shutter of the Brussels metro. The incident happened at the Merode metro station in Etterbeek, where fire-fighters set to work at around 4.45 am this morning. The individual had been spotted by police officers from Montgomery police zone.
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Brussels fire-fighters free man with foot stuck in metro roller shutter (VIDEO)
Colin Clapson
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The trapped man was heavily intoxicated and was rushed to hospital for a further examination. How the man got trapped between the roller shutter is unknown.
It is not the first time a person has been trapped between a metro roller shutter early in the morning. The roller shutters open automatically by remote control every time around 5am, when the first metro sets off. If someone is lying against a roller shutter, that person could get trapped.
Following images show how a trapped individual was freed in 2023.
