3-year-old boy airlifted after falling from 6th story balcony in College Park

Ciara Wells | ciara.wells@wtop.com
Ana Golden | ana.golden@wtop.com
August 12, 2025, 4:41 PM

A 3-year-old boy is fighting for his life after falling from a sixth-story balcony in College Park, Maryland, on Tuesday afternoon.

Around 2 p.m. Tuesday, Prince George’s Fire and EMS Department was called to the 9300 block of Cherry Hill Road for reports of a child falling from a balcony.

He was medevaced to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries by U.S. Park Police, officials said.

Officials have given no confirmation on how the boy fell.

This is a developing story. Stay with WTOP for the latest.

Ciara Wells
Ciara Wells is the Evening Digital Editor at WTOP. She is a graduate of American University where she studied journalism and Spanish. Before joining WTOP, she was the opinion team editor at a student publication and a content specialist at an HBCU in Detroit.
ciara.wells@wtop.com

Ana Golden
Ana Golden is an Associate Producer for WTOP. Ana attended Emerson College and studied Journalism and Political Communication. While at Emerson, she worked as an associate producer for her school’s TV station, interned on senate and gubernatorial campaigns, and worked as a news anchor on 88.9 WER.
ana.golden@wtop.com

SILVER SPRING
2-year-old falls from 15-story balcony and survives in Montgomery County

The child reportedly landed in an area covered in mulch and bushes.

Author: Alanea Cremen, Alexis Wainwright
Published: 4:03 PM EDT May 15, 2025
Updated: 3:19 PM EDT May 16, 2025

SILVER SPRING, Md. — Officials are calling the toddler's survival "miraculous," after he reportedly fell 15 stories from an apartment balcony in Silver Spring on Thursday afternoon.

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