Prosecutor: Child dies after falling from window in Newark

NEWARK -

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office says a child who fell from a window in Newark has died.

The incident happened late Monday night on South 14th Street.

According to the Prosecutor’s Office, the victim is a 6 year old girl.

News 12 has been told by others who live in the building that the incident happened in a third-story window on the side of the building, which is above the alley between the Utopia apartments, where the girl lived, and the house next door.

When asked how it happened, the prosecutor’s office told News 12 it looks like the child may have been jumping on her bed at the time and simply fallen out the window.