Ghaziabad, Oct. 26 -- A three-year-old boy died after falling from the 17th floor of a residential tower in Aditya World City on Sunday night. The child was playing inside his family's apartment when he reportedly fell through an open AC vent, suffering fatal head injuries, said officials on Monday.
The incident took place late Sunday night at City Apartments in the Wave City police station area. The boy, identified as Tirth, lived with his family in flat number 1703. The height of the fall was estimated to be around 170 feet. According to the family, the AC vent was open when the child fell through it. The circumstances leading to the incident are being investigated.
Hearing the sound of the child falling, security guards rushed to the spot. A neighbour informed the police, following which a team reached the residential complex to examine the scene.
The family rushed the child to Manipal Hospital in Kavi Nagar where doctors declared him dead. The severe head injuries sustained in the fall proved fatal. Police have initiated an investigation to establish the sequence of events that led to the child's fall.
Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Millennium Post.