They have been held on suspicion of causing serious injury to a child
18:27, 23 Aug 2026Updated 19:44, 23 Aug 2026
The air ambulance landing near the scene on Spotland Tops in Rochdale on Saturday evening(Image: Submitted)
Two women have been arrested after a boy fell from a window in Rochdale.
Emergency services were scrambled to Spotland Tops, in the Cutgate area of the town, shortly after 4.15pm yesterday afternoon (Saturday, August 22).
Police and paramedics both responded with the air ambulance spotted landing nearby.
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The Manchester Evening News understands a three-year-old boy fell from a window on the first-floor of a property and is currently fighting for life in hospital.
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said they responded to a ‘a concern for welfare of a child report’ and that a child was taken to hospital, where he is currently in a critical condition.
In an update issued this evening (Sunday), the force said two women, aged 19 and 20, had been arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury to a child.
They were detained at an address in Blackburn, Lancashire, earlier today.
“Enquiries into the full circumstances around this incident are ongoing” the force added in a statement.