Boy, 5, dies after being hit by falling window in southern China
- Child was walking to school with his mother through their residential community in Shenzhen when he was struck on the head
- Housing authority has asked property management firm to carry out safety checks on all buildings
A five-year-old boy in southern China has died from head injuries after a window fell on him from the 20th floor of a building as he was walking to school with his mother.
The accident happened as the pair were passing a fruit shop in their residential community in Shenzhen’s Futian district on Thursday, news website Thepaper.cn reported.
The boy, surnamed Zhuang, was struck on the head by the falling window and died from his injuries in hospital on Sunday morning, his uncle said on social network WeChat.
Police said an initial investigation found it was an accident, and that the window had come down from the bedroom of a flat in the building, according to the report.
The local housing authority has meanwhile asked the property management company responsible for the residential community to carry out safety checks on all buildings.
The boy’s uncle, surnamed Chen, told the news website that the family had to pay more than 75,000 yuan (US$10,800) for his nephew’s medical bills, and that the company had given them just 3,000 yuan in compensation.