Three-year-old girl dies after fall from apartment The police spokesman said: "A child has fallen from a balcony. It was a female child aged three who has died. The balcony was on the fourth floor and was one of the communal balconies at North Bank. As far as I am aware this is being treated as a tragic accident. The child was resident at the flats with her family. The relatives were taken to the hospital where they are with our family liaison officer. An investigation will ensue but we are treating it as a tragic accident. The car park was taped off and the balcony is about half way up the flats complex. Shocked residents and workers at nearby businesses said they had heard a small child had fallen. Arfarn Rafique, a takeaway manager said: "The ambulance came and about five or six police cars as well. The balcony in question must be about 60 or 70 feet off the ground.