2-Yr-Outdated Boy Survives 15-Foot Fall from Condo Balcony: Police

A toddler is recovering after falling from the Fifteenth ground of an condominium balcony in Maryland, in accordance with police.

The Montgomery County Division of Police introduced in a press release on Friday, Could 16, that the 2-year-old fell from a constructing on Oak Leaf Drive in White Oak, Md., round 2 p.m. native time on Thursday, Could 15.

Officers responded to the situation and located the kid had “landed within the bushes, fifteen tales beneath,” the place he allegedly fell from.

The toddler was transported to a close-by hospital with what police described as “non-life-threatening accidents.” 

Police stated medical employees on the hospital stated the kid sustained “a damaged leg and a number of inner accidents,” however said that the boy “is predicted to outlive.”

“No legal fees have been filed at the moment,” they added. “Detectives are persevering with to research what elements contributed to the autumn.”

Montgomery County police spokesperson Shiera Goff instructed ABC News that the kid’s dad and mom have been at house when the incident occurred.

Goff additionally stated the balcony had protecting glass as an alternative of a railing. 

Fireplace and Rescue Service Assistant Chief David Pazos instructed the outlet that the kid landed in mulch close to the bushes, which he referred to as “miraculous.”

“His age and dimension and weight is absolutely what helped, as a result of if he had been any heavier, he might not have survived,” Goff said. “I believe it was a mixture of these bushes being there, these shrubs, and his dimension and weight.”

Montgomery County police Lieutenant Rebecca Innocenti instructed WTOP-FM that police arrived at “a chaotic scene.”

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“It was definitely scary for everybody,” she defined, noting that she “was in a position to converse with one member of the family who… was in disbelief and attempting to undergo his thoughts about what occurred, the way it occurred, and simply stored saying that he was grateful that the kid was not significantly injured.”

Innocenti later added, “I believe it’s a very good reminder for all of us, particularly with these summer season months, we do have our balcony doorways… open and our home windows, that we’ve to be aware of the little ones that may not notice the hazard that lurks beneath.”

Native dad and mom have been surprised by the information. “Think about 15 tales, coming down with such velocity,” one mom instructed WJLA-TV, “and to outlive is unbelievable.”