One-year-old boy fighting for life after window fall in Gillingham
Boy, 1, fighting for life after fall from window in Gillingham

Kent Police are investigating after a one-year-old boy sustained life-threatening injuries in a fall from a window in Gillingham.

Incident Details

Police received a call from the South East Coast Ambulance Service at around 6:10pm on Sunday, July 27, reporting that paramedics were treating a child who had reportedly fallen from a window of a property on Cornwallis Avenue. The fall is understood to have been from a flat above a shop.

Response and Investigation

Officers attended the scene and the child was taken to a hospital in London with life-threatening injuries. A force spokeswoman said: “Officers attended and the child was taken to a London hospital with life-threatening injuries. Inquiries into the circumstances are ongoing.”

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