Miami-Dade County

3-year-old in hospital after falling from second-floor balcony in Overtown, police say

Police are investigating after a 3-year-old fell from a second-floor balcony in Overtown.

The accident happened at an apartment building near Northwest 13th Street and Second Avenue late Wednesday night, according to Miami police.

The toddler was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Pediatric Center, a Miami police spokesman said.

No additional details about the incident, including the toddler’s condition, was immediately available.

The fall is under investigation.

This article will be updated as more information becomes available.

Michelle Marchante
Miami Herald
Michelle Marchante covers the pulse of healthcare in South Florida and also the City of Coral Gables. Before that, she covered the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, crime, education, entertainment and other topics in South Florida for the Herald as a breaking news reporter. She recently won first place in the health reporting category in the 2025 Sunshine State Awards for her coverage of Steward Health’s bankruptcy. An investigative series about the abrupt closure of a Miami heart transplant program led Michelle and her colleagues to be recognized as finalists in two 2024 Florida Sunshine State Award categories. She also won second place in the 73rd annual Green Eyeshade Awards for her consumer-focused healthcare stories and was part of the team of reporters who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for the Miami Herald’s breaking news coverage of the Surfside building collapse. Michelle graduated with honors from Florida International University and was a 2025 National Press Foundation Covering Workplace Mental Health fellow and a 2020-2021 Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism fellow.  Support my work with a digital subscription
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