3-Year-Old Dies After Falling Down Stairs in Northern Israel, Police Open Probe

A 3-year-old toddler died this afternoon (Wednesday) after falling down stairs in the Wadi Ara area near Bartaa. He was brought to meet an MDA team in critical condition, but was pronounced dead shortly afterward. Police have opened an investigation.

The report to MDA's 101 hotline was received at 2:55 p.m., when a report came in of an unconscious toddler. MDA medics and paramedics provided medical treatment and evacuated the toddler to Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera. MDA senior medic Moshe Cohen and MDA emergency medicine medic Omar Kabha said, "The toddler was brought to us at the meeting point unconscious, without a pulse and not breathing. According to those present at the scene, he had apparently fallen down stairs and was injured. We provided him with life-saving medical treatment that included chest compressions, ventilation and medication, and evacuated him to the hospital in critical condition."

Yesterday, Rambam Medical Center in Haifa announced that after doctors' efforts, the 3-year-old girl who was hit the day before by a vehicle in Kiryat Ata was pronounced dead. The accident occurred on Pinsker Street in the city, and initial details indicate that a driver reversing in a residential parking area hit her. MDA emergency medicine medic Avraham Feibelzon described the difficult scene: "We received a report about a toddler who was hit by a vehicle. When we arrived at the scene, we saw the toddler unconscious, without a pulse and not breathing, suffering from severe multi-system trauma. We began advanced resuscitation efforts at the scene of the accident, and while continuing the resuscitation efforts we evacuated her in an MDA intensive care ambulance to the hospital in critical condition."