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4-Year-Old Child Dies After Fall From Bedroom Window Of Langley, B.C. Home

The Canadian Press, 24 Jun, 2016 10:32 AM
    LANGLEY, B.C. — A toddler has died after falling from the upstairs window of a Metro Vancouver home.
     
    Langley RCMP say officers were notified around 3 p.m. Thursday that a four-year-old child had fallen out of the third-storey bedroom window of a townhouse residence (in the Willoughby area).
     
    The Mounties say the child was not home alone at the time.
     
    Police say the child was taken to hospital and died shortly after 4 p.m.
     
    Officers are investigating but say the incident doesn't appear suspicious.
     
    RCMP Victim Services were dispatched to provide assistance to the family.

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