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03/09/2008
Baby Dies In Broadwater Farm Fall
An already notorious north London council estate (pictured) - which saw the shocking murder of a policeman during riots over two decades ago - is now the scene of a police probe into the death of a baby.
The infant plunged 33ft from a balcony in a Croydon block of residential flats in the Broadwater Farm Estate, Tottenham.
The 23-month-old boy was fatally injured on Friday, though details have only now been revealed.
Police said that an ambulance rushed the little boy to the Royal London Hospital after emergency services were alerted at about 5.40 pm on August 29.
Later that evening he was transferred to the Great Ormond Street Hospital as he had suffered a severely fractured skull, but he died from a his injuries in the hospital the following day.
"The 23-month-old boy fell approx 10 metres," a Metropolitan Police spokesman said. "He was taken by London Ambulance Service to Royal London Hospital with a fractured skull and was later transferred to Great Ormond Street Hospital, where he subsequently died."
He also said that detectives based in Stratford, east London, are investigating and that no arrests have yet been made.
The Broadwater Farm estate is notorious for being the scene of some of Britain's worst peacetime riots.
In October 1985 PC Keith Blakelock was murdered.
Constable Blakelock, who was posthumously awarded the Queen's Medal for Bravery, was hacked to death during disturbances on the Broadwater Farm Estate in October 1985.
See: Met relaunch inquiry into Pc Blakelock murder
(BMcC)
The infant plunged 33ft from a balcony in a Croydon block of residential flats in the Broadwater Farm Estate, Tottenham.
The 23-month-old boy was fatally injured on Friday, though details have only now been revealed.
Police said that an ambulance rushed the little boy to the Royal London Hospital after emergency services were alerted at about 5.40 pm on August 29.
Later that evening he was transferred to the Great Ormond Street Hospital as he had suffered a severely fractured skull, but he died from a his injuries in the hospital the following day.
"The 23-month-old boy fell approx 10 metres," a Metropolitan Police spokesman said. "He was taken by London Ambulance Service to Royal London Hospital with a fractured skull and was later transferred to Great Ormond Street Hospital, where he subsequently died."
He also said that detectives based in Stratford, east London, are investigating and that no arrests have yet been made.
The Broadwater Farm estate is notorious for being the scene of some of Britain's worst peacetime riots.
In October 1985 PC Keith Blakelock was murdered.
Constable Blakelock, who was posthumously awarded the Queen's Medal for Bravery, was hacked to death during disturbances on the Broadwater Farm Estate in October 1985.
See: Met relaunch inquiry into Pc Blakelock murder
(BMcC)
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