10-year-old girl dies from cardiac arrest after falling out apartment window in the Bronx: police

ByEyewitness News

Friday, September 13, 2024 8:20PM

10-year-old appears fine after fall from building but dies hours later

Lindsay Tuchman has the latest on the tragic death of Bronx child after fall from apartment window.

CROTONA, The Bronx (WABC) -- Police say a 10-year-old girl died from cardiac arrest after she fell from her Bronx apartment building on Thursday.

It happened around 5:00 p.m. at an apartment complex on Southern Blvd and E 182nd street.

Police believe the girl fell -- currently for unknown reasons -- from either the family's fourth floor apartment or from the roof and landed on the rubbery surface in a courtyard.

The girl's mother told police her sister went looking for her and found her lying in the courtyard of the building. They went down to check on her and she was alive.

The girl climbed over a fence to reunite with her family. She had no visible injuries other than a swollen ankle.

Police say at around 7:45 p.m., the family noticed the girl was increasingly having trouble breathing. The family decided to take her to St. Barnabas Hospital, where she died from cardiac arrest.

"It's heartbreaking," said neighbor Antoinette Talamone. "This could have been prevented, this could have been prevented and I'm sad, I'm very disappointed."

Investigators are now looking into the family and their actions. They have no ACS history.