A child with special needs suffered a fractured skull after police said he fell several stories down an elevator shaft. NatDuddridgeTV reports from the Bronx.
-- A boy with special needs suffered a fractured skull after he fell several floors down an elevator shaft in the The 6-year-old boy's grandfather and special needs caregiver realized the child ran out of their first-floor apartment when they suddenly heard a door slam, according to police, CBS2's Natalie Duddridge reported.
The adults tried to chase after the boy, but could not find him. Someone on the floor heard the boy crying and called 911. FDNY then found the boy unconscious and rushed him to Harlem Hospital. Residents of 1235 Grand Concourse were worried sick after learning the boy fell down the elevator shaft at around 12:45 p.m.
"I was shocked," one man said,"I was thinking of how he gets in the elevator? I've been here for a couple of years now and this has never happened." "He's very quiet and very intelligent, very, very intelligent. He's gets very curious, you know like children," Mabel Rodriguez said."They're very nice people. They always say hello. I talk to the lady."Police said the boy might've thought he was playing a game with his grandfather and special needs nurse, who were looking after him, when he ran up the stairs to the sixth floor and found an unlocked door that led to the roof.
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