A 7-year-old child was killed after falling 21 stories from an apartment building in New Jersey, officials and witnesses told NBC New York.
The young boy fell from an apartment complex on Anderson Avenue in Fort Lee around 5:30 p.m., according to authorities, who said the investigation is still in its early stages.
A man walking by the complex around that time said the boy fell from one of the top-most floors of the building.
"The cop told me the kid died on the spot. He fell from the 21st floor," Kamal Singh said.
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The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office confirmed the child's death Wednesday night. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center where he was ultimately pronounced dead.
The county prosecutor's office is leading the investigation and has not released much information about the tragedy. The Fort Lee Police Department is assisting with the investigation, as both agencies work to determine what happened inside the building leading up to the fall.
Officials have not yet indicated whether any criminality was involved in the child's death.
