OAKLAND, Calif. -- A toddler is in critical condition Friday night following a fall from a fire escape in Oakland earlier in the day, police said.
Someone called dispatchers at about 4:30 p.m. to say that a child in the 1400 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Way was not breathing.
Police and firefighters responded and the toddler was given medical treatment before being taken to a hospital.
Police said they are investigating the fall.