5-Year-Old Boy Falls from Apartment Complex Window

A 5-year-old boy fell from an apartment building Monday afternoon, according to Montgomery County Police spokeswoman Janelle Smith.

At about 3:30 p.m., Montgomery County Fire and Rescue responded to a 911 call from the 100 block of Schyuler Road in Silver Spring after teenagers walking in the area heard cries coming from the back of the apartment building, said Capt. Oscar Garcia, a Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesman.

"They went to investigate and found a boy laying on the ground and that it was more than likely he fell out of a window," Garcia said.

The window was about three stories high, he added.

When Fire and Rescue arrived on the scene, they did an assessment of the boy and transported him to an area hospital, Garcia said.

The boy sustained non-life threatening injuries, according to fire and rescue officials.

Montgomery County Police Family Crimes Division is investigating the cause of the accident.