An investigation is underway in the Bronx after a child fell out of a five-story window and onto the sidewalk on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n
That child is now recovering at NewYork-Presbyterian.<\/p>\n
A loud thud<\/p>\n
Crime scene tape went up in the area where police said the child fell — at the corner of Buchanan Place and Davidson Avenue in University Heights.<\/p>\n
Witnesses said they were standing out on the sidewalk at around 5:30 p.m. when they heard a loud thud. They said they then saw the child on the ground and he was not moving. They said they had no idea where he came from.<\/p>\n
“We just heard the impact from the body, and his body hit the concrete,” witness Tone Rodriguez said.<\/p>\n
Rodriguez said he couldn’t believe what he saw — a 5-year-old lying on his face. He said when police rolled the boy over he had several scratches.<\/p>\n
“His face was all swollen on this side. He was like, you can tell he got hit bad. We were trying to figure out where he came from,” Rodriguez said.<\/p>\n
Rodriguez and others quickly realized the child fell out of a window. He said he called 911 and even flagged down a police van driving by.<\/p>\n
Window has window guards, building super says<\/p>\n
The building superintendent later confirmed that the window in question on the fifth floor has window guards, which are safety devices for windows made to prevent children from falling out.<\/p>\n
But it appears the boy climbed the guards and slipped through.<\/p>\n
“He got through the window, but he took a minute to get through that because the window does have guards on it. He must have squeezed through it somehow,” Rodriguez said.<\/p>\n
Police said the child was rushed to the hospital, where he is recovering.<\/p>\n
The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n
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