BRONX, NY. (THECOUNT) — Helena Flores has been identified as the 4-year-old child who plunged to her death from a fourth-story apartment window in Mott Haven neighborhood of the Bronx on Saturday.
The incident happened around 5 p.m. on East 140th Street after Flores was in an apartment with at least two adults when she fell out a fourth-story window.
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Little Helena was transported to an area hospital where she was pronounced dead of multiple blunt force injuries caused in the fall.
Window guards are mandatory in New York City in most buildings if there are any children living in the apartment that are 10 years old or younger, reports News12.
No charges have been filed as of Sunday morning.
Geo quick facts: Mott Haven is a primarily residential neighborhood in the southwestern section of the Bronx borough in New York City. Zip codes include 10451, 10454, and 10455. The neighborhood is part of Bronx Community Board 1 – Wikipedia.