WESTFORD, MA — A 7-month-old child was rushed to the hospital after a fall from a second-floor window, according to police.
Police and firefighters responded to a home on Colonial Drive at 11:01 a.m. Wednesday on a report of an infant who had fallen from a second-story window.
Firefighters requested Boston MedFlight "as a precaution" due to the circumstances of the fall and the child's age.
Firefighters provided medical aid before the child was taken by ambulance to a landing zone at Jack Walsh Field on Carlisle Road.
The child was conscious and alert when taken by Boston MedFlight to a medical facility in Boston for further evaluation and treatment.
Police are investigating the incident.
"Our thoughts are with the child and family, and we wish the child a speedy recovery," police wrote on Facebook.
No further information was available.
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