A boy found dead after a 15-story fall from an Ottawa high rise on Monday night, fell out a top floor window and not off a balcony, police confirmed Wednesday afternoon.
Police are still investigating the incident that took place at a building in Ottawa's west end around 10 p.m. Monday, and still have no details about what led up to the fall of the three-year-old boy, said Const. Isabelle Lemieux.
She added that an autopsy is being performed in Toronto, but the boy's name is not being released at his family's request.
Housing agency to check windows
The incident took place at 1465 Caldwell Ave., at a building owned by the city's public housing agency, Ottawa Community Housing Corp.
On Wednesday morning, CEO Ron Larkin said the corporation would randomly examine the windows in other units in its highrise buildings as a precautionary measure.
Staff will be checking whether the windows are properly equipped with locking "restrictor" devices to prevent windows from opening beyond a certain width, he said. He added that some residents remove the devices to clean the screens and then don't reinstall them.
How dose this happen? Why are parents not watching there kids! It's not locks on doors and windows that kids need. They need to be taught what is safe, what's not and why. If they don't know why running across the road is danger, they will run out to see why mom and dad say not to run out there. I don't have kids and I'm not saying that this will fix a problem, but I will say this Children are smart, make them smarter and explain why they should or should not do something. Maybe, just maybe they will listen and be safe.
Last spring, a 12-year-old boy with autism fell 16 storeys from a Scarborough highrise building. He was pronounced dead at hospital.
In September, that boy's caregiver was charged with criminal negligence causing death.
Two months ago, a Hamilton boy fell from a ninth-floor balcony. In the Hamilton case, the 5-year-old suffered only broken thighbones.
June 04, 2007
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