Baby flown to Manchester hospital after falling from window in Burnley
The one year old suffered serious injuries in Heap Street this morning
A baby has been airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after falling from a second-storey window of a property in Burnley.
The one-year-old boy fell from the window in Heap Street at about 10.30am this morning (Sunday 6th August).
Emergency services rushed to the scene and the baby was taken to the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital via air ambulance for treatment for serious injuries.
Lancashire Police has started an investigation into the events surrounding the incident.
Detectives are particularly looking to find several people who stopped to help the boy after the fall.
DI Mark Saunders from Lancashire Police said:
"First and foremost, my thoughts are with the family at this distressing time.
"We know following the incident, there were people who thankfully stopped to help.
"We're really keen to identify those individuals and speak to them to find out what happened."
Anyone with information or CCTV footage that could help Lancashire Police is being asked to contact 101 quoting log 0497 of August 6.