A small memorial of stuffed animals and indicators sits outdoors a Donald Road condominium constructing, the place a three-year-old boy died after falling greater than 16 storeys on Sunday.
The boy fell from a window Sunday afternoon Ottawa paramedics mentioned.
Police confirmed the boy died in hospital in a publish on X, the platform previously often known as Twitter.
“The matter is being investigated to know what led to the autumn,” police mentioned. “Helps are being put in place for the household.”
Boy discovered with out important indicators
The boy had no important indicators when paramedics arrived at 1240 Donald St. at round 1 p.m., a spokesperson mentioned.
Responding paramedics tried to resuscitate the kid as he was taken to the kids’s trauma centre, the place his important indicators remained absent.
Police didn’t instantly affirm how far the boy fell, however it’s clear the boy fell from a major peak.
Ottawa paramedics advised CTV Information Ottawa {that a} window display screen was seen on the bottom close to the boy, and one was lacking from a sixteenth storey window; nevertheless, an individual who lives within the constructing advised CTV Information Ottawa on the scene that the boy fell from the 18th flooring.
The constructing has 18 storeys.
–With recordsdata from CTV Information Ottawa’s Jackie Perez and Leah Larocque.