Two-Year-Old Child Injured After Fall From 4th Story Window

The Portland Police Bureau would like to remind people to consider using a window safeguard to control the height or width of your window openings, especially in residences with small children.

Salem-News.com

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - This afternoon, Wednesday June 29, 2011, at 3:06 p.m., Portland Police officers assigned to Central Precinct responded to a residence in the 3600 Block of Southeast 28th Avenue on the report that a 2-year-old child had fallen out of a 4th floor window.

While officers were on their way to the call they received additional information that the child's family picked up the child and got in a cab to go to the hospital.

Officers went to both the hospital and the original location to investigate the fall. The child remains in the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Per policy, detectives from the Child Abuse Team responded to conduct an investigation into the fall.

Detectives examined the residence and observed a bed next to the window that the child fell from.

At this point in the investigation, the incident appears to be an accident.

The Portland Police Bureau would like to remind people to consider using a window safeguard to control the height or width of your window openings, especially in residences with small children.

News release from the Portland Police Bureau