Boy falls to death after being locked indoors by mother
CRI, April 22, 2016
A 6-year-old boy fell to his death from the 21st floor of a residential building in southwest China's Chongqing municipality on Thursday morning, after his mother locked him inside and left for the night.
Residents gather at the site where a boy fell from the 21st floor of a residential building in southwest China's Chongqing municipality on April 21, 2016. [Photo: Chongqing Morning Post/Gan Xiayi]
A sanitary worker surnamed Liu claimed she heard the boy cry for his mother early in the morning.
Liu later heard from a co-worker that a boy had fallen from the windows which are not guarded by rails.
Liu called for an ambulance which pronounced the boy dead.
A neighbor said the boy's mother locked him inside the house and went to play Mahjong through the night.
The police have ruled it an accident.
