Paramedics declared the youngster dead at the scene after falling from a fourth-storey apartment
A 10-year-old child has tragically died after plummeting from a great height in an apartment building. On Sunday night, emergency services raced to the residential block in Lorient, Brittany, France, after reports of a child falling from a fourth-floor.
Sadly, despite the best efforts of paramedics who desperately tried to resuscitate the child, the youngster was pronounced dead at the scene, reports The Mirror. It is unclear currently if the child was a boy or a girl. A police probe now ordered to investigate the child's death, with a post-mortem to be carried out in the coming days.
There is no suggestion that any 'third-party' was involved in the horror incident, which occurred at 4 Rue Gabriel-Fauré, in Bois du Château - a working-class neighbourhood in the western French city. Public prosecutor Laëtitia Mirande said: "An investigation into the causes of death has been opened. The initial investigations do not, at this time, suggest the involvement of a third party.
" She added that the child's family will be referred to France Victimes to "receive support". French daily newspaper Ouest-France reports that the child was from Comoros, a volcanic archipelago off Africa's east coast. The paper reports the Comorian community has been 'deeply affected' by the incident.
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