Toddler taken to hospital after falling from fourth-floor window in Little Havana
A 2-year-old girl is recovering in the hospital after she fell from the window of a fourth-floor apartment in Little Havana early Monday, police said.
Miami police said they found the toddler “alert and conscious” when they arrived around 7:30 a.m. at the apartment building on Southwest Eighth Street and 20th Avenue. She was being “cuddled by her uncle,” Miami Fire Rescue Capt. Ignatius Carroll told reporters at the scene.
Police did not identify the girl or her family.
Carroll said the girl hit a palm tree, which helped break her fall, and landed on some shrubs. He said that likely saved her from significant injuries had landed on the nearby concrete pavement.
The girl was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital, where she remains in stable condition, police said.
Detectives said they are still investigating the girl’s fall and will be interviewing her guardian, who was at the apartment building during the incident.
This story was originally published November 30, 2020 at 9:45 AM.
