Crime & Safety

Baby Hospitalized After Fall From 2nd-Story Window In Westford, Police Say

The child was taken by helicopter to the hospital Wednesday morning.

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.

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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.

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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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