A four-year-old girl died after
falling from a balcony of the apartment in Bologna where she
lived with her family.
Early reports late on Monday said the girl's mother and her
sister, who is just a few months old, were at home at the time
of the accident.
The 118 emergency medical service took her to hospital where she
later died of her injuries.
Police sources said the fall was the result of a tragic
accident.
In the recent past, a number of children have fallen off
balconies in non-fatal accidents registered in the Emilia
Romagna region where Bologna is located.
On May 31, a three-year-old fell from his second-floor balcony,
without reporting serious injuries.
On April 6, a nine-year-old girl was seriously injured, also
after falling from a balcony, and on the same day another girl
aged four survived a fall from the fourth-floor balcony of her
apartment in Modena.
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