Crime & Safety
5-Year-Old Hurt In Fall From 2nd Story Window On LI: Police
The child fell about 11 feet to the ground, police say.
HAMPTON BAYS, NY — A 5-year-old child was injured Thursday after falling from a second-floor window in Hampton Bays, police said.
According to Southampton Town Police, the child fell from an open window about 11 feet to the ground just before 6 p.m.
Police, as well as the Hampton Bays Volunteer Ambulance Corps, responded. The child was taken to Peconic Bay Medical Center and moved to Stony Brook University Hospital for further treatment, police said.
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Southampton detectives were investigating the circumstances of the fall. No criminality was found, police said.
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