Two one-year-olds die after falling out of window in Rotterdam and Helmond

The one-year-old child who fell out of a window of a house in Mathenesserdijk in Rotterdam-West earlier this month has died. The police confirmed this following a report by AD. The police believe it was an accident.

It had previously been reported that the baby had fallen from the fourth floor. The police are not commenting on whether it is a boy or a girl, nor are they stating when the child died.

Recently, small children have repeatedly fallen out of windows in the city and surrounding areas. At the end of July, young children in Rotterdam and Vlaardingen were injured by falling out of windows, and last week, a girl fell from three floors of a house in the Franselaan in Rotterdam. The police previously stated that all cases were accidents.

Furthermore, the one-and-a-half-year-old child who fell out of a window in Helmond this week also died from her injuries. The girl died on Friday afternoon. The police report that it was an accident.

The girl fell from the third floor of a flat on the Markt on Wednesday evening and was seriously injured. The girl had probably climbed onto the windowsill, the police said earlier. According to Brabant media, the girl was staying with her grandmother.

In a restaurant near the apartment from which the baby fell, the guests on the terrace saw the accident before their eyes, the restaurant owner told Omroep Brabant. "The guests saw a baby fall. They didn't know how or what, but they were in shock. Some couldn't speak because the situation was so intense."

Shortly after the fall, dozens of people immediately came to the girl's aid, according to the local broadcaster. Several people with a medical background immediately resuscitated the child, and the emergency services, including a trauma helicopter, were quickly on the scene.

This summer, several young children have been injured by falling out of windows in Rotterdam and Vlaardingen. In all cases, the police believe it was an accident.