Mother arrested after girl, 4, dies in apparent fall from Hong Kong flat
Emergency services alerted at 6.15pm by man who saw child unconscious outside Hong Wo House at Wo Che Estate
A mother has been arrested for negligence after her four-year-old girl died from an apparent fall from a flat at a Hong Kong housing estate.
Emergency services were alerted at 6.15pm on Monday by a man who saw the unconscious child lying outside Hong Wo House at Wo Che Estate in Sha Tin.
Authorities believed she had fallen from a flat.
Emergency personnel arrived and found the girl unconscious. She was rushed to Prince of Wales Hospital in Sha Tin but was later pronounced dead.
Her 34-year-old mother, who was not at home when the incident happened, was later arrested for child neglect.
Police cordoned off the scene and launched an investigation.