The girl had extensive injuries but was expected to survive the
incident Tuesday in a laundromat in Pasadena, about 10 miles (16 km)
southeast of Houston, they said
"She was tumbling pretty fast in there," Pasadena police spokesman
Vance Mitchell told Houston TV station KHOU.
"One person walked by and said they saw something flopping around in
there. They thought it was just a dress or something because it was
moving pretty fast," Mitchell said.
Police were unsure how the girl got trapped. The said just before
the incident, a customer had tried to use the machine and was given
a refund because it was not working properly.
(Reporting by Jon Herskovitz; Editing by Doina Chiacu)
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