A toddler found injured outside a high rise block of flats has been taken to hospital. Merseyside Police were called to reports that a two-year-old child had fallen.
As reported by the Liverpool Echo, officers arrived at the Whimbrel House flats on St James Drive in Bootle, Liverpool, at around 12.40pm on Wednesday (October 5). The child was taken to hospital with injuries which are not believed to be life-threatening.
A large police presence could be seen at the block of flats and a cordon was placed around the entrance to the flats. A mobile police station was also at the scene.
A Merseyside Police spokesperson confirmed "an investigation is now underway into the incident". Anyone with information which could assist the investigation is asked to DM @MerPolCC quoting reference number 372 of October 5.
Full details surrounding the incident are not yet known but paramedics confirmed the child had sustained a head injury and was rushed to hospital, reports The Mirror.
A spokesperson for North West Ambulance Service said: "We were called at 11:38 to an incident involving a young child aged two. Two resources were sent, including an emergency ambulance. We took the child to hospital with a head injury.
One parent, who did not wish to be named, was walking past the block of flats. She to the ECHO that after hearing of the incident, she will be "hugging my child tighter tonight".
