Crime & Safety

3-Year-Old Injured Falling From 3rd Story Window In Hackettstown

BREAKING: The child has been released from the hospital.

HACKETTSTOWN, NJ — A three-year-old child was injured when they fell from a third story window on Friday, Hackettstown police said.

The child accidentally fell out of a North Main Street home's third story window just before 5 p.m. on Friday, police said. The child was found lying on the ground conscious, but with injuries to their face.

The child was flown to Morristown Medical Center where they were treated; they have since been released from the hospital.

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Hackettstown police and rescue squad, and Saint Clare's paramedics all responded to the scene.


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