Montgomery County Police are investigating an incident in which a 2-year-old boy reportedly fell from the 15th floor of an apartment building in Silver Spring and survived.
Police said in a news release that officers responded around 2:11 p.m. Thursday to a residential building in the 11200 block of Oak Leaf Drive for a report that a toddler had fallen.
There, officers located the 2-year-old boy in the bushes below. The child reportedly fell from a balcony.
The child was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Fox 5 News in Washington reported that the toddler suffered a broken arm.
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Police said they were investigating. No criminal charges have been filed at this time, authorities said.
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue, which also responded to the incident, didn’t immediately return a request for comment.
Banner reporter Clara Longo de Freitas contributed to this report.
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