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| A toddler has died after falling from the fourth floor of a tower block in north London, police have said. | A toddler has died after falling from the fourth floor of a tower block in north London, police have said. |
| A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said the 23-month-old boy fell from a balcony window in Tottenham on Friday and died the next day. | A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said the 23-month-old boy fell from a balcony window in Tottenham on Friday and died the next day. |
| A post-mortem examination showed he died from massive head injuries. | A post-mortem examination showed he died from massive head injuries. |
| The spokesman said the toddler fell about 33ft (10m) from Croydon House on the Broadwater Farm Estate in Gloucester Road. | The spokesman said the toddler fell about 33ft (10m) from Croydon House on the Broadwater Farm Estate in Gloucester Road. |
| He was taken by ambulance to the Royal London Hospital with a fractured skull and later transferred to Great Ormond Street Hospital where he died. I didn't hear anything except the screams from downstairs and next door after the baby had fallen Resident of Croydon House | He was taken by ambulance to the Royal London Hospital with a fractured skull and later transferred to Great Ormond Street Hospital where he died. I didn't hear anything except the screams from downstairs and next door after the baby had fallen Resident of Croydon House |
| Scaffolding was erected outside Croydon House after the incident over the weekend and detectives based in Stratford are leading the investigation. | Scaffolding was erected outside Croydon House after the incident over the weekend and detectives based in Stratford are leading the investigation. |
| The family is understood to have left the flat which has been secured from the outside. | The family is understood to have left the flat which has been secured from the outside. |
| One neighbour named Jennifer said: "I just saw the baby on the ground, everybody went outside. It was such a terrible, terrible thing. | One neighbour named Jennifer said: "I just saw the baby on the ground, everybody went outside. It was such a terrible, terrible thing. |
| "As a mother myself, and a childminder, it is really shocking. | "As a mother myself, and a childminder, it is really shocking. |
| "I did not know the family and had never been inside their flat." | |
| Another resident of Croydon House, who did not want to be named, said: "I didn't hear anything except the screams from downstairs and next door after the baby had fallen." | Another resident of Croydon House, who did not want to be named, said: "I didn't hear anything except the screams from downstairs and next door after the baby had fallen." |
| Estella Santana, 37, another resident, said: "I went to my window and I saw my neighbour, she was screaming and she was holding her child and saying 'call an ambulance, the child is dying'. | Estella Santana, 37, another resident, said: "I went to my window and I saw my neighbour, she was screaming and she was holding her child and saying 'call an ambulance, the child is dying'. |
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| "I did not see any relatives, just the neighbours who had come down. | "I did not see any relatives, just the neighbours who had come down. |
| "I saw the child bleeding from one ear. He had his eyes open and had a big bump on his head. | "I saw the child bleeding from one ear. He had his eyes open and had a big bump on his head. |
| "It's really shocking, I am a mother myself and my daughter saw the baby through the window. It was really upsetting." | "It's really shocking, I am a mother myself and my daughter saw the baby through the window. It was really upsetting." |
| A £33m redevelopment programme recently took place on the estate, which is known as the place where rioting resulted in the murder of Pc Keith Blakelock. | A £33m redevelopment programme recently took place on the estate, which is known as the place where rioting resulted in the murder of Pc Keith Blakelock. |
| The riots in 1985 were sparked when the community was angered by the death of resident Cynthia Jarrett. | The riots in 1985 were sparked when the community was angered by the death of resident Cynthia Jarrett. |
| She suffered heart failure when officers burst into her home during a police raid. | She suffered heart failure when officers burst into her home during a police raid. |