A 2-year-old boy is dead after reportedly falling from a New Jersey high-rise
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4:39 PM on Saturday, November 15
The Associated Press
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Authorities in New Jersey are investigating the death of a 2-year-old boy who was reported to have fallen from a 20th-story window.
Newark police were called to a high-rise apartment building at 7 a.m. Saturday on the report of a child falling from the window.
The toddler was pronounced dead at the scene, along a public park near Newark Liberty International Airport, the Essex County prosecutor's office said in a statement.
An investigation was announced by County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens and Newark Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda.
No further information was immediately made available.
