Overview
- A seven-year-old boy fell from a second-floor position and landed first on a canopy about 3.5 metres below before dropping another 2.5 metres to the ground, a total fall of roughly six metres.
- Police and emergency crews attended the scene and paramedics took the boy to hospital with significant injuries that authorities say are not believed to be life-threatening.
- Investigators are conducting inquiries to clarify how the fall occurred and police have described the circumstances as pointing to an accident.
- Authorities have said the parents are not currently under investigation and no criminal action has been announced at this stage.
- Local reporting notes the initial story was filed by a tabloid and that the street was the site of an unrelated fatal apartment fire earlier this year, which provides neighborhood context for the incident.