Overview
- A three-year-old boy fell from a first-floor window in Spotland Tops, Rochdale, and was taken to hospital in critical condition after emergency services attended.
- Emergency responders including police, paramedics and an air ambulance reached the scene shortly after the incident on Saturday.
- Greater Manchester Police arrested two women aged 19 and 20 at a property in Blackburn on Sunday on suspicion of causing a serious injury to a child.
- Police say enquiries into the full circumstances are ongoing and that an arrest on suspicion does not mean charges have been filed.
- Investigations are likely to include interviews, a review of the scene and safeguarding assessments, and the outcome could determine whether criminal charges follow and what support the child and family receive.