Update: 1pm, 5 May
Four-and-a-half hours after a three-year-old boy fell to his death from a 14-storey building in the Randburg CBD, and police, paramedics and a crowd gathered around the grieving parents, everything is quiet and empty as though nothing had happened.
The boy’s body was taken away in a Forensic Pathology Service vehicle, after Randburg police had completed their initial investigations.
To read the update on this story, where police provide the mother’s story, click here.
Randburg police spokesperson Makgowanyana Maja confirmed that no one has been arrested yet and has promised to comment on the incident in detail soon.
More of the boy’s family arrived about two-and-a-half hours after he was declared dead. They joined the boy’s parents for a closed discussion with Randburg police inside the building.
Initial story: 10.22am, 5 May
A boy (3) has fallen to his death in the Randburg CBD today (5 May).
According to an anonymous eye-witness, the three-year-old fell from about the 14th floor of a building in Pretoria Avenue, at around 8.15am.
“Cleaners outside saw the baby fall and we called the trustees. At about 8.45am the mother came outside and picked up the baby,” she said, adding that the baby already appeared dead.
Paramedics arrived shortly after the mother and declared the baby dead.
“They put the baby back down and covered him with a blanket. Randburg police are now with the mother, and father, who just arrived. They asked the crowd to leave.”
Randburg police spokesperon Makgowanyana Maja said he was unaware of the incident but he would comment soon.
This is a developing story, more information will be published as it becomes available.
Also read: Four year old dies after falling out of window
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