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    Friday, June 07, 2024

    Norwich child who fell out window is recovering, bedroom apartments condemned

    Norwich ― The 3-year-old child who fell 20 to 25 feet from an apartment window at 44 Laurel Hill Ave. Sunday afternoon is recovering well after suffering three small fractures, police said.

    The child, who was taken to Backus Hospital and then transferred to Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford, is listed as stable and in good condition, as of Monday afternoon, according to a police news release.

    Two apartment bedrooms were condemned due to safety hazards after the child opened a third-floor bedroom window’s latches, slid the window open and fell, police said.

    Police responded, along with the Norwich Fire Department and American Ambulance, at 3 p.m. Sunday, after a neighbor found the child after the fall and called 911. Police said the child was “alert and conscious,” and neighbors told police that the child had fallen from the third-floor window.

    Police said there was a concern about the location of the window “and where it was in proximity to the floor of the bedroom,” so the Norwich building inspector began to investigate any building code violations.

    The building inspector determined two bedrooms, including the child’s bedroom, were unsafe and condemned both, according to the news release.

    According to police, the child’s maternal grandmother, who is the legal guardian, grandfather, and the child’s maternal aunt were at the residence, but there were no adults in the bedroom with the child when the fall occurred.

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