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10-year-old NYC girl dies after fall from window: ‘She was a sweetheart’
By Desheania Andrews, Joe Marino, Isabel Keane,
1 days ago
A 10-year-old girl fell to her death from a building window in the New York City after she was apparently left at home alone, according to sources.
Police were called to 2157 Southern Boulevard in the East Tremont section of the Bronx around 8:45 p.m. Thursday on a report that a girl had fallen out of a building window.
The young girl may have been home alone when she took the tumble, and police said she had injuries indicating a fall from a high elevation including bruising on the feet, police sources told The Post on Sunday.
A 10-year-old girl fell to her death from a building window in the Bronx after she was left at home alone, according to reports. CBS
She was vomiting up blood when she was taken by private vehicle to St. Barnabas Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, according to law enforcement sources.
Police were called to 2157 Southern Boulevard in East Tremont around 8:45 p.m. Thursday on a report that a girl had fallen out of a building window. TOMAS E. GASTON The girl was transported to St. Barnabas Hospital where she was pronounced dead. TOMAS E. GASTON
On Sunday, a memorial with pink flowers, purple balloons and candles was set up outside the building where the little girl fell. her death.
One resident of the building for over 30 years said she called 911, unaware that her neighbor’s daughter was who she was calling for.
“My son called out to me and told me to call 911,” she told The Post on Sunday. “I called 911 and they kept asking me questions. I thought something happened to someone who got off the bus with him [her son]. I didn’t know it was my neighbor’s daughter upstairs.”
A memorial to the girl set up outside of the building. TOMAS E. GASTON
By the time she got downstairs, the family had gotten into a cab to take the girl to the hospital, she added.
“Her mother was very very nice. Decent mom. She lives above me. Those kids were kept very nice and clean,” she said. “I’m sorry for the mother. I feel for the mother.”
The neighbor added that the family was very private and the little girl was shy.
Sources told CBS News that the girl and her mother had argued about using an iPad earlier that day. CBS
“The child was very quiet. I would tease her like, ‘Oh, you look so you,'” she recalled. “She was a sweetheart.”
The city medical examiner will determine the cause of the child’s death, police said.
No charges have been filed, and no arrests have been made in the case.
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