News Release from: Clackamas Fire Dist. #1
CHILD FALLS FROM SECOND STORY WINDOW IN MILWAUKIE
Posted: July 19th, 2012 3:15 PM
Shortly before noon today a three year old boy fell 20 feet from a second story window, landing on concrete. Clackamas Fire District #1 crews responded to 5045 SE Appenine Way in Milwaukie and arrived to find a crying toddler being held by his grandmother. Clackamas Fire Crews along with American Medical Resonse (AMR), provided medical care onscene and quickly loaded the patient into the ambulance. The patient was transported to Doernbecher Childrens Hospital by AMR in stable condition with possible life-threatening injuries.
The child who was in the care of his grandparents at the time, was reportedly standing on a sofa that was pushed right up next to a second story window. The child was waving to his grandmother who was outside watering the flowers when he leaned on the window screen, causing it to give way. The child then fell approximately 20 feet onto concrete. This is the fourth incident of its kind in the Clackamas area with the three previous incidents occuring in Happy Valley, Oregon City and Clackamas. In each of these situations a major contributing factor has been furniture placed against an upper level window, allowing easy access for the child to climb up and fall out.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PARENTS
As summer weather approaches and inside temperatures rise, it is important to
remember to secure your windows with child proof locks. While screens serve
the purpose of keeping insects out of the home they easily fail when being
pushed on by unknowing children. Having commercially made window locks
prevent the window from being opened past four inches, reducing the likely
hood of a child falling out. Clackamas Fire would further like to remind
parents to keep furniture and other objects that children may easily climb
away from windows. For more information on keeping your kids in and the bugs
out, please visit www.stopat4.com.
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