Four-year-old dies after fall from Barking tower block
A four-year-old girl died after falling from a tower block in Barking, east London, on Saturday. Police are investigating how she fell, but say the death is not currently believed to be suspicious.
Emergency services were called to St Pauls Road at about 11am on 24 October and treated the girl at the scene before taking her to hospital, where she later died. The London Ambulance Service sent ambulance crews, a clinical team manager, an incident response officer, an advanced paramedic practitioner and the air ambulance. No arrests have been made.
In short
- A four-year-old girl died after a fall in Barking.
- Emergency crews treated her before taking her to hospital.
- Police say the death is not currently believed to be suspicious.
Explained simply
Barking is an area in east London, where many people live in purpose-built blocks of flats. A fall from a high floor can cause life-threatening injuries, and emergency services may send several specialist teams to respond.
Police investigate sudden deaths to establish what happened and whether anyone else was involved. A death described as not currently suspicious means investigators have not identified signs of a crime at this stage; it does not explain how the fall occurred.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Four-year-old girl dies after falling from tower block”.