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Toddler Dies After Elevator Shaft Fall From Eighth Floor in Flores, Buenos Aires

The case sits with Prosecutor No. 13, which opened a suspicious-death inquiry that brings in the mobile forensics unit.

Overview

  • Police and city firefighters responded to a 911 call at a tower on Av. Avellaneda 2400, where a 1-year-4-month-old fell from the eighth floor to the basement.
  • First aid was provided by the Jewish community unit Hejaulutz before SAME medics arrived and transported the child to Hospital Teodoro Álvarez.
  • Doctors attempted resuscitation, but the child died from multiple trauma and cardiac arrest, according to emergency and police sources.
  • Prosecutor Marcelo Roma of Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor’s Office No. 13 ordered forensic work and opened proceedings for causes of death of doubtful criminality.
  • Early hypotheses under review point to a possible elevator door malfunction and the action of a sibling who may have opened the door, while the parents receive psychological support.