The tot, believed to be around four-weeks-old, was reportedly injured and taken to hospital after an Asda ceiling collapsed on top of the trolley he was sat in. Customers at the Ashton-under-Lyne store were evacuated following the frightening incident at around 4.45pm yesterday (July 15).

       Pictures taken inside the shop show a section of the ceiling damaged near the self-checkout tills with debris scattered across the floor

       A 34-year-old woman, who was shopping inside the store at the time of the incident, described the scenes as “heartbreaking”. She told MEN: “The aluminium panels landed on the baby in the seat on the trolley. The baby boy was around four-weeks-old.

       “I was with my daughter. That woman's screams were heartbreaking.”

       Paul Bowers, who was also in the shop at the time that the ceiling collapsed, said: "I was walking round and I went down one of the aisles and heard this big bang.

       "They were calling out to everyone to go to the checkout so I went over to see if anyone was hurt.

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       "Someone told me that a woman with a pram was right underneath it and managed to get away at the last second.

       "I thought something was kicking off when I first heard it. Next thing there was loads of dust everywhere. They told everyone to stop shopping and leave the building."

       A spokesman for Asda said: “We are aware of an incident at our Ashton store and we are currently investigating what could have happened.”

       Additional reporting by Paige Oldfield.