A child has fallen from an upper floor apartment building in Takoma Park, according to Pete Piringer, spokesperson for Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services.
Piringer tweeted that a rescue team has transported the child, who faces nonlife-threatening injuries, to a hospital.
7600 Maple Ave, Park Ritchie Apt, injured child, fall from upper floor, @MCFRS_EMIHS transporting Pri1 trauma, NLT
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) September 9, 2019
Takoma Park police haven’t yet responded for comment on the incident.
Fox 5 is reporting that the child is a 2-year old boy who “fell from a window in the rear of the building into some bushes at around 4:16 p.m.”
