A tragic accident R”L claimed the life of a Modi’in Illit toddler on Wednesday evening 21 Iyar 5773. The child, 2.5-years-old, fell from a fifth floor balcony on Rav U’Shmuel Street. EMS responders began CPR on the scene and the child was flown in an IDF chopper to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Aryeh Shavit, an Ichud Hatzalah member who was on the scene reports “The child fell from a balcony on the fifth floor and sustained a serious head injury. Together with others and Ichud Hatzalah physician Dr. Levine, a community resident, we performed advanced resuscitation efforts. We then transported the child to Hwy 446 where an army chopper was standing by to fly him to a trauma center. Unfortunately, he was pronounced dead.”

MDA spokesman Zaki Heller adds the child landed on concrete in the yard of the building. MDA paramedics worked with the team on the scene to resuscitate the child.

Police are investigating the incident.

The levaya for the niftar, Michael Baari z”l was held in Shamgar during the night.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)