STOUGHTON, MASS. (WHDH) - An 11-month-old boy fell out of a second-story apartment window in Stoughton Wednesday morning, that town’s police and fire chiefs confirmed.
Stoughton Police received a 911 call at 8 a.m. reporting the incident.
Investigators said the boy pushed through a screen in the window and fell from the second floor window onto a mid-roof section before falling onto the ground into a bush.
“When officers arrived on-scene, the Stoughton Fire Department was administering first-aid to the child,” Stoughton Police Chief Donna McNamara said in a statement. “The child was conscious and alert. The child was transported via medflight to Boston Children’s Hospital for evaluation.”
Authorities said the child’s mother was home at the time and that, at this time, it is believed to have been accidental.
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