Boy Injured in Fall from Balcony

FORT WORTH -- A 2-year-old boy was hospitalized with minor injuries Friday after he apparently fell from a second-floor apartment balcony in southwest Fort Worth..

Fort Worth police were called to the Time Square on the Hill apartment in the 2200 block of Jacocks Lane at 11:37 a.m.

In a press release, Sgt. Chad Mahaffey, police spokesman, said that the child had reportedly been playing in the kitchen area of his family’s apartment while his parents were at home. The child is believed to have fallen from the balcony while either playing with or going after a toy, Mahaffey said.

MedStar officials said though an ambulance was summoned to the scene, the boy had already been transported by relatives to the hospital by private vehicle. Mahaffey said the boy’s injuries are reportedly “minor.”

The crimes against children unit, along with Child Protective Services, are investigating, he said.