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Toddler falls from window in Maple Ridge, airlifted to hospital

The window on the second floor.
The window on the second floor. Shane MacKichan

UPDATE: July 16The boy has now died in hospital.

A two-year-old boy suffered non-life threatening injuries after falling out of a two-story screen window on Friday afternoon.

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Ridge Meadows RCMP said the accident happened at about 4:30 p.m.

The child was airlifted to BC Children’s Hospital and he remains there with his family.

Police said with the hot weather it is important to remember to lock screen doors and windows so as to avoid these types of accidents in future.

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