Child rushed to hospital after falling two storeys in Scarborough

Police tape is shown outside a Scarborough building where a young child fell from a second floor window or balcony on Tuesday afternoon.

A child was rushed to hospital via emergency run after falling from a Scarborough building on Tuesday afternoon.

It happened at an apartment building near Brimley and Ellesmere roads at around 3 p.m.

Police say that the child fell approximately two storeys. It is believed that they fell from either a window or a balcony, according to police.

The nature of the child’s injuries are not immediately clear, though paramedic say that they were conscious at the scene and were taken to a trauma centre as a precaution.

Police later said the injuries are not life-threatening and the fall is not considered suspicious in nature.