STOUGHTON, Mass. — An 11-month-old has fallen from a second-story window in Stoughton and flown to a hospital.
Stoughton Fire confirmed that crews received a call around 7:56 a.m. for a child that has fallen from the window on Lambert Avenue.
Upon arrival, crews were able to stabilize the male child who had sustained injuries to his head.
The child had pushed through a screen in the window and fell onto a mid-roof section below, before falling onto the ground into a bush, Stoughton police say.
Medflight airlifted the boy to Boston Children’s Hospital for evaluation.
The child’s mom was home at the time of the incident and the incident is believed to be accidental.
“Screens are for mosquitoes, they’re not for children, they’re not for dogs, they’re not for animals, they’re not for anybody,” said Bekah Thomas, who lives nearby.
Thomas is also the director of the state Child Fatality Review Program, and she works to bring awareness to preventing injuries like this among children.
“It’s a summertime safety issue we see this every summer unfortunately, so my tips to parents are make sure you always open the window from the top down instead of the bottom up and take all of the furniture away to make sure nobody can accidentally fall out that window,” said Thomas.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates as more information becomes available.
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