Child hospitalized in serious condition after falling from Baseline Road West apartment: EMS
Global News
Emergency crews were called to the scene at 301 Baseline Road West in the city's Southcrest neighbourhood around 1:45 p.m. Wednesday.
London police are investigating after a young child was rushed to hospital Thursday afternoon in serious condition after falling from an apartment building in the city’s southwest.
Emergency crews were called to the scene at 301 Baseline Road West in the city’s Southcrest neighbourhood around 1:45 p.m.
“Paramedics were called for a young child that had fallen an unknown height at an apartment building,” said Miranda Bothwell of Middlesex-London Paramedic Services.
“Paramedics arrived, they provided care, and ended up transporting the child to the hospital.”
A police cruiser could be seen stationed outside of the address when a Global News reporter visited the site shortly before 4 p.m.
It’s not clear how or where from the building the child fell. Their age was not immediately known.
The building, part of a two-tower residential complex known as Garden Vista Apartments, is undergoing renovations. Most of the building’s balconies have no railings as a result, save for a handful of units on its south side.
Global News has reached out to London police and to building owner Skyline Living for comment.
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