ALLERTON, Bronx (WABC) — A 23-year-old woman has died and an infant remains in critical condition after both were found severely injured outside a Bronx apartment building early Tuesday, police said.<\/p>\n
Officers responded around 3:38 a.m. to a building on Olinville Avenue in the Allerton section of the Bronx, where they discovered the woman and child outside. The infant, believed to be about 1 year old, was rushed to Jacobi Hospital in a police vehicle and remains in critical condition. The woman was also taken to the hospital, where she later died.<\/p>\n
Investigators are working to determine exactly what happened. Police are seeking to speak with someone described as a white male in his 50s with gray hair.<\/p>\n
One witness told police the woman and child were thrown from a balcony in the building. Authorities have not confirmed that account and are reviewing surveillance video while searching for additional witnesses.<\/p>\n
The investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n
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