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2-year-old critical after fall from second-story window on Lower West Side

The boy fell from a window in the 2000 block of West 21st Street.

By  David Struett
   
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Five people were hospitalized after a two vehicle crash in Portage Park Jan. 4, 2020.

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A child was critically injured after falling from a second-story window Tuesday in Heart of Chicago on the Lower West Side.

The 2-year-old boy fell from the window about 10:15 a.m. in the 2000 block of West 21st Street, Chicago police said.

He was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition, according to police.

Additional information was not immediately available.

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