FORT LEE, N.J. (PIX11) — A 7-year-old boy died after falling from an apartment balcony in Fort Lee, New Jersey, on Wednesday, according to officials.
The child fell from a balcony on the upper floors of the Hampshire House on Anderson Avenue around 5:30 p.m., according to the prosecutor’s office. Investigators determined it was a “tragic accident,” prosecutors said.
Fort Lee police blocked off the back parking lot of the complex for several hours after the incident.
Management at the Hampshire House declined to comment to PIX11 News.