A six-year-old child fell through an open window four stories up Sunday night in Oceanside.
“I hear just screams – it sounded like someone was being murdered,” said Jackson Koehler who was on vacation in the area when it happened.
There was initially silence but “after the first three minutes, it was just screams and crying,” said Koehler.
Witnesses say the child is a girl, but police can only confirm the child's age at this time.
A tree branch and bush broke the child's fall, according to San Diego Police Department spokesperson Tom Bussey.
“Thank god for that tree being there ‘cause I feel like that’s what saved her life,” Koehler said.
The child was playing with another kid in a bedroom when it happened, said Bussey.
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The window had no screen.
“I immediately knew what happened because I could see ... where the window frame is kind of broken on the top, dangling, and wood falling,” said Koehler.
Nearby resident, Yvonne Eckhardt, said she had never seen anything like this happen before in the area.
The child fell from the North Coast Village apartments on North Pacific Street.
The child was airlifted to Rady Children’s Hospital. Oceanside Lieutenant Travis Norton said the child was “OK.”
Ed. Note: An earlier version reported the child was a boy. We have corrected the article based on information from Oceanside police and regret the error.
