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London police are investigating after a young child was injured when he fell from an apartment building in south London.
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It was not immediately clear if the child fell from a balcony or window into the building at 301 Base Line Rd. W. on Thursday afternoon, and from which floor they fell. London police said the child, whose age and gender were not known, was taken to hospital by paramedics and was in critical condition. Emergency crews, including firefighters, went to the building at about 1:45 p.m. Miranda Bothwell, a spokeswoman for the Middlesex-London EMS, said the child was stable during transport. He said he could not confirm the child’s age, but said they were young. “It has not been confirmed how (high) the fall was. “We were sent as a significant drop,” said Bothwell. “We would consider it a fall-type injury.”
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The photos show that the railings on many of the balconies of the 11-storey building have been removed as work is being done outside the building. London police are investigating the fall of a child in an apartment building at 301 Base Line Rd. W. in London on Thursday. A Middlesex-London EMS spokesman said paramedics had been dispatched to what was described as a “significant drop”. The building is part of the Garden Vista apartments owned by a Guelph company called Skyline with multiple sections. Skyline officials could not be reached for comment on Thursday afternoon. On September 7, 2021, Skyline acquired a portfolio of three properties in Brantford, Cambridge and London that included 301 Base Line Rd. W. and his brother Building, 297 Base Line Rd. W. The two buildings in London have 332 suites between them. The purchase price for the entire portfolio was $ 166.25 million. Thursday’s fall is the second in less than nine months for a child in a London apartment.
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On October 2 last year, a 22-month-old girl named Inayah fell to her death from the balcony of the 20th floor of her family unit at 400 Lyle St. at the eastern end of the city. Inayah’s father said he was on the balcony with his daughter when she misplaced her leg, lost her balance and fell through a gap between the outside wall and the guardrail. The Ontario Building Code says the gaps in the guardrails should be 10 inches or less, but the gap on this family balcony was 14 inches, as measured by Free Press reporters last fall. After the fall, the city ordered Medallion Corp., the building’s owner, to build the guardrails, which he said could be dangerous to tenants. The company said modifications were made to some balconies that were inspected and approved by the city. London police said after the birth of the genus that they were investigating the fall, but no information has been given since then. [email protected] Twitter.com/DanatLFPress
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