A TODDLER was seriously injured after plunging from the second-floor window of a home in South London.
The one-year-old girl was airlifted to hospital for urgent treatment following the horror fall in Lewisham yesterday.
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Emergency services raced to the scene shortly after midday where they found the youngster hurt.
She was the rushed to a nearby major trauma centre for surgery, her aunt told MyLondon.
Police said they will be monitoring the area around Mercy Terrace and Algernon Road while enquiries continue.
Officers added the girl fell from a height at the back of the home.
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A Met Police spokesperson said: “Police were called by LAS [London Ambulance Service] at 12:09hrs on Monday, 28 February to a residential address in Algernon Road SE13 following reports of a child fallen from height.
“Officers responded. The child was taken to hospital by air ambulance;
we await a condition update.
“Officers remain at the scene and enquiries into the circumstances are ongoing.”
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While a London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called at 12:07pm (28 February) to reports of an incident at a residential address on Mercy Terrace, Lewisham.
“We sent an ambulance crew, a medic in car and an incident response
officer to the scene.
“We also dispatched London’s Air Ambulance. The first of our medics arrived in under two minutes.
“We treated an infant at the scene and took them to a major trauma centre.”
