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A two-year-old boy is fighting for his life in hospital after falling from a house window.Emergency services rushed to the scene in Tameside, Greater Manchester, on Buttermere Road in Ashton-under-Lyne pm Saturday evening after reports that a child had fallen from a house window.Greater Manchester Police said the toddler was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries.The incident is not being treated as suspicious and no arrests have been made but police are now investigating what caused the child to fall.Pictures from the scene show a heavy emergency service presence with several ambulance crews gathering on Buttermere Road.An air ambulance was also scrambled to treat the child and was seen landing on the grounds of Ashton-Under-Lyne church nearby.It is not clear which storey window the boy fell from, but Buttermere Road is suburban and most of the homes there have two storeys. A two-year-old boy is fighting for his life in hospital after falling from a house window in Tameside, Greater Manchester An air ambulance was dispatched and landed at a church near the scene on Buttermere Road Pictures from the scene show a heavy emergency service presenceThere is one flat block on the eastern end of the road - closer to the church where the air ambulance landed - which has three floors. This is the tallest of all the buildings on the street.A spokesperson from GMP said: 'At around 5.40pm on Saturday 23 May, 2026, we were called to reports of a child falling from a window of a house on Buttermere Road in Ashton-under-Lyne in Tameside.'The child - a two-year-old boy - was taken to hospital with injuries that are described as life-threatening.'No arrests have been made, and investigations are ongoing.'
