Toddler Critically Injured After Fall from Third-Story Window. Neighbor Remembers Hearing Woman in the Building Scream

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"When there's children involved, my heart goes out," a neighbor saidNEED TO KNOW
A 3-year-old child is in serious, but stable condition after falling from a third-story apartment window in Boston on Aug. 11
Officers arrived to find the toddler conscious and in bed "with his limbs sprawled out"
An investigation is ongoingA 3-year-old child was seriously injured after falling out of a third-story window of an apartment building in Boston, authorities said.
On Monday, Aug. 11, at 9:20 p.m. local time, officials received a report that a child had fallen out of a window that was three stories up in an apartment on Evans Street in the neighborhood of Dorchester, the Boston Police Department said in a statement shared with PEOPLE. The toddler was transported to a local children's hospital and is in critical, but stable condition. As of Tuesday, Aug. 12, 'the child is no longer in life-threatening condition,' authorities said.
A neighbor, Kelly Bransfield, told ABC affiliate WCVB she heard a woman from the building screaming.
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"I just hope for the family's sake and for the child that everything turns out to be okay," Bransfield told the outlet.
"When there's children involved, my heart goes out," she continued. "I've got children and grandchildren, and, you know, this is the summertime. They should be having fun, not [lying] in a hospital."
When officers arrived at the scene, they found the child conscious and in bed "with his limbs sprawled out,' according to the incident report reviewed by PEOPLE.
The 3-year-old child was having trouble breathing, with injuries and swelling on the entire left side of the upper body. The child had fallen from the kitchen window, according to the report.
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After the toddler was transported to the hospital, the Crime Scene Response, Area B3 Detectives and the Boston Police Homicide Unit arrived to process the scene. An investigation into the incident is ongoing.
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