NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — An 8-year-old girl is expected to recover after she was airlifted to a Broward County trauma center after first responders say she fell from the third floor of an apartment building in North Miami Beach on Thursday morning.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded to the 2150 block of Northeast 169th Street after receiving reports of a child who had a “long fall” from a building.
North Miami Beach police said the child was found “alert and conscious” before being airlifted to a trauma center.
Police also confirmed that the child’s parent was at the scene, and no foul play is suspected at this time.
Sky 10 flew over the scene at about 9:45 a.m. as North Miami Beach police investigated. Authorities have not released the girl’s identity at this time.
A Local 10 News crew was at the scene, where the girl was seen on the floor and appeared to be in pain as a family member and neighbors assisted her.
A witness told Local 10’s Rosh Lowe that he ran toward the building after seeing the girl hanging from a window and tried to catch her before she fell.
According to that witness, the girl was able to stand up after the fall.
Neighbors said they were shocked by what happened.
“I do not know what to say,” one neighbor said. “When I woke up, the police were already here. I did not see anything. I saw sheets and other things on the ground. I did not see the girl. My sister has the video where you can see the girl on the floor. I do not know the girl and I never saw something like this before.”
The witness said children had been playing on the balcony before the girl fell.
Police said the incident remains under investigation.
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