The morning of Friday July 21 turned into a nightmare for a resident of Gard whose 18-month-old boy fell from the third floor.
A terrible tragedy that occurred during a summer morning. Friday, July 21, an 18-month-old baby fell from the third floor of his apartment building located in the town of Salindres (Gard). According to information from France Bluebroadcast the day after the events, the little boy was seriously injured. It is polytraumatized that the child was taken by helicopter to the Lapeyronie hospital in Montpellier (Hérault).
At the time of the events, which took place in the family apartment, the victim was in the company of another child, aged 3. The mother of the 18-month-old baby was present and was talking with her cousin, details the regional radio. While the two toddlers were playing, they climbed on a deckchair who was on the balcony. It was then that the youngest fell into the void.
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The 18-month-old boy is polytraumatized
Mobilized to the scene of the tragedy, firefighters found the baby lying on the ground. Conscious, but polytraumatized, the little boy was taken to the Montpellier University Hospital, continues France Bleu. As for the two women, in a state of shockthey were taken care of psychologically at the Alès hospital center (Gard).
The facts described above are (unfortunately) not isolated. Early June, a 4-year-old girl died after falling from the second floor of a building located in Lorient (Morbihan). Two months earlier, it was in Bagneux (Hauts-de-Seine) thata 13-year-old boy had diedafter falling from the ninth floor of his building.
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