White Plains, MD – Two small boys who fell out of a window while playing inside a house Sunday, April 19 sustained injuries as a result of the incident. Both youths were flown to a Washington, DC-area hospital, police in Charles County reported.
Charles County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Diane Richardson said the accident happened around 5 p.m. at a house on Stonybrook Road in White Plains.
Richardson said the boys, ages 3 and 7, were in a room when one of the boys pushed on a window screen. Both the boy who pushed the screen and other child, who was hanging onto him, fell 10 to 12 feet onto a wooden deck. A neighbor, who heard the boys fall, went to help and quickly called emergency responders to the scene.
Richardson told The Bay Net the youths were “conscious, alert and talking” when they were evaluated at the scene by emergency medical personnel and were flown by helicopter to a hospital as a precaution. The injuries do not appear to be life-threatening.
The home’s interior is being remodeled and the windows were all open to air out the house.
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