Child seriously injured after falling out of moving car in Ohio

A child is seriously injured after falling out of an open window in a moving car in Columbus early Tuesday morning, according to our media partners WBNS-10 TV .

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Columbus Police said three juveniles were in a Kia Optima traveling southbound on South Westgate Avenue around 1:30 a.m.

According to WBNS-10 , one of them was sitting in an open window in the front passenger seat as the car was moving.

The Kia drove over a speedbump and they fell out onto the pavement.

The child was transported to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries, WBNS-10 reported.

The age and gender of the child were not immediately available.

The Columbus Police Accident Investigation Unit is investigating this incident.

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