Boy in Critical After Falling From Window

A young boy is fighting for his life after falling from a window in the Kingsessing section of the city.

The 4-year-old boy was inside a home on the 5400 block of Malcolm Street Saturday around 8:45 a.m. when he fell out of a second floor bedroom window.

"His head was on his shoulder," said Lena Duncan, neighbor. "I seen blood -- it looked like blood coming down from his head on his shoulder. His whole body was slumped over."

The boy suffered head and facial injuries, including fractures to his skull.

He was taken to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia where he is currently in critical, but stable condition.

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