A one-year-old child fell from a balcony on the second floor of a residential building in Nowa Wieś, Poland, on March 24th and was airlifted to a Warsaw hospital.
Incident Details
On Tuesday, March 24th, around 5:20 PM, an emergency occurred in Nowa Wieś, Warka municipality (Grójec County), involving a young child. The one-year-old fell from a second-floor balcony and was transported to the hospital by helicopter from the Air Ambulance Service (LPR).
The incident took place in a residential building. Immediate assistance was provided to the child before being handed over to the LPR crew.
Emergency Response
The Volunteer Fire Brigade in Warka received the report at 5:27 PM. Rescuers provided qualified first aid to the child and secured a landing site for the Air Ambulance Service helicopter (Ratownik12).
Circumstances of the Fall
Preliminary investigations indicate the one-year-old boy was under his mother’s care when she briefly went to the bathroom. The child then climbed onto the balcony and fell from the height.
The child, with serious injuries, was airlifted to a hospital in Warsaw. The mother was sober at the time of the incident. Police will investigate the exact circumstances of the accident.
Recent Similar Incidents
This is another dramatic event in the region highlighting the need for rapid response in accidents involving young children. Firefighters, paramedics, and the LPR crew worked at the scene in Nowa Wieś, and further details will be provided by the police investigation.
