An eight-year-old boy managed to survive a fall from a seventh-story window into a building in North Miami on Saturday, authorities said.
The boy survived the fall, but was rushed to the Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital with what North Miami police called
"serious injuries
. "
Image of the corner of the intersection of Northeast 123rd Street and 14th Avenue.
The incident occurred in a building in the Google Street View area
The incident occurred in a building near the intersection of Northeast 123rd Street and 14th Avenue on Saturday morning, local media reported.
Marcos Sosa, a neighbor of the neighborhood, was returning from his morning walk when it happened, according to what he told Local 10 channel. "
He was not bleeding, nothing, but he was unconscious
," he said.
The injuries the boy suffered from the fall
were not initially life-threatening
, police said.
However, the boy suffered multiple fractures, authorities said, and the results of the CT scans that were performed at the hospital are still awaited.
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Police
did not say how the fall occurred
or if his parents were with him at the time.
The boy's father told Local 10 in a telephone interview that his son had been leaning against a window screen, trying to talk to friends, when the screen gave way.
