Baby is left fighting for his life after a huge wooden plank fell from a high-rise building and hit him in the head
- A baby boy was hit in the head as a 4.4lb wooden plank fell from heights in China
- He suffered a 3.15 inch deep wound in the head and bone fractures in the skull
- The 10-month-old is still in critical condition after receiving emergency surgery
A baby boy was hit by a 4.4 lbs wooden plank that fell from a high-rise building in southwest China.
The 10-month-old boy was sent to hospital with bleeding in the head. Doctors found an eight centimetres (3.15 inch) deep wound in the forehead in a critical condition.
Local police found the wooden plank with a sticker labelled 'Ikea' and launched an investigation to find out where it fell from.
Ms Liu is pushing her grandson in a pram in a residential neighbourhood in Chongqing, China (left). A wooden plank suddenly falls from a building and hits on the baby's head (right)
According to Kan Kan News, the incident happened when Ms Liu pushing her grandson in a pram at a park in Yuzhong district of Chongqing at 1pm, on March 16.
Surveillance camera footage shows a rectangular plank falling from heights and hitting a baby in a pram.
Ms Liu quickly took her grandson to nearby Children's Hospital.
Passing-by neighbours said the wooden plank was falling at a 'high speed'. The wooden plank was marked with a logo of a Swedish furniture company, Ikea. It weighed about two kilograms (4.4 lbs).
The 10-month-old was cut in the forehead and bleeding after being strike by the piece (left). Onlookers said the wooden plank was falling at 'high speed' (right)
Ms Liu quickly took her grandson to nearby Children's Hospital for immediate treatment
The plank of wood weighs about 4.4lbs, marked with 'Ikea', a Swedish furniture company
The baby's mother, Ms Qin, told Kan Kan News that doctors found an eight centimetres (3.15inch) deep wound in the forehead.
'There is a soft spot in the head where the plank hit. Doctors diagnosed the newborn with comminuted fracture, where a part of the skull has broken into pieces', she said.
The baby remains in a critical condition after having emergency surgery.
Security guards at the residential block put up notices to remind neighbours not to place any decorations or plants near windows or the balcony.
Yuzhong Police has launched an investigation to find out where the wooden plank fell from.
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