Two women arrested on suspicion of child neglect after boy, 2, fell out eighth floor flat window

Two women aged 24 and 30 are arrested on suspicion of child neglect after two-year-old boy fell out eighth floor flat window

  • The toddler suffered serious injuries but miraculously survived fall on Tuesday
  • The women have been interviewed and released on police bail, police said

Two women have been arrested on suspicion of child neglect after a two-year-old boy fell out of a window at an eighth floor flat.

The toddler suffered serious injuries but miraculously survived the fall on Tuesday at a block of flats in Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey.

He was airlifted to a London hospital where his condition was said to be critical but stable.

A spokesman for Surrey Police said that since the incident two women, 24 and 30 and both from Sudbury, had been arrested on suspicion of child neglect which led to the toddler being able to fall out of the window in Spelthorne Grove.

‘Both women have been interviewed and released on police bail while inquiries continue,’ the spokesman added.

The alarm over the little boy’s fall was raised by a neighbour in the flats who was on her balcony when she heard a child’s cries and looked down to see the toddler lying on the ground.

Pictures from the scene on Tuesday showed police tape around a block of flats. Police and paramedics attended the scene on Spelthorne Grove, where a two-year-old boy was airlifted to hospital

The horrifying incident is said to have taken place at Cedar House, Spelthorne Grove (pictured)

The horrifying incident is said to have taken place at Cedar House, Spelthorne Grove (pictured)

She said that the little boy was blue and she immediately called an ambulance and the police to the scene.

The boy was treated at the scene by paramedics before being flown by air ambulance to a London hospital.

The police spokesman had said earlier: ‘We were called to reports of a child who had fallen from the window of a block of flats on Spelthorne Grove in Sunbury at around 3.50pm on Tuesday. 

‘Officers attended along with colleagues from the South East Coast Ambulance Service and a two-year-old boy was airlifted to hospital where he remains in a critical but stable condition.’