Toddler survives 2-story fall from window

Mon, May 5, 2008

HOLLAND — A 21-month-old Holland girl remains hospitalized with head injuries after falling from her home's second-story window Saturday evening.

Two Grand Haven residents were driving near the home, 199 E. 40th St., just before 8 p.m. when they spotted two young children playing near the window. The individuals stopped their car, called 911 and tried to knock on the front door of the home before the girl fell.

The child was conscious and crying when paramedics arrived, the witnesses said.

The child was taken by ambulance to Helen DeVos Children's Hospital.

Holland Police Sgt. Jeff Velthouse said it appears the children's mother had put them to bed and the other child, a 3-year-old boy, opened the window. The girl apparently climbed out.

— From The Holland Sentinel.