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Four-year-old child dies after fall from upstairs window of B.C. home

LANGLEY, B.C. – A toddler has died after falling from the upstairs window of a Metro Vancouver home.

Langley RCMP say officers were notified around 3 p.m. Thursday that a four-year-old child had fallen out of the third-storey bedroom window of a townhouse residence (in the Willoughby area).

The Mounties say the child was not home alone at the time.

Police say the child was taken to hospital and died shortly after 4 p.m.

Officers are investigating but say the incident doesn’t appear suspicious.

RCMP Victim Services were dispatched to provide assistance to the family. (The Canadian Press, News1130)

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