Overview
- The boy died late Monday morning at the Adlerküken daycare on Adlergestell in Berlin-Niederschöneweide after being struck by a heavy object, which police say was likely a door.
- Firefighters deployed 22 personnel, multiple emergency physicians and two rescue helicopters, but resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful.
- Criminal police launched a formal death investigation focused on whether equipment malfunction or improper operation led to the fatal injury, with duty-of-care questions also under review.
- Media described a terrace glass door dislodged from its fixture and fallen inward, an account not yet independently confirmed by police.
- The facility closed for the day as city education officials expressed condolences and coordinated psychosocial support; the non-profit-run daycare cares for about 160 children.