Jun 09 (Japan Today) - A 4-year-old girl fell to her death from the 18th floor of a high-rise apartment late Monday in southwestern Japan, police said.
Mion Ezaki was found on the roof of a store located on the first floor of the building after authorities received an emergency call from the apartment in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture at around 8:45 p.m., police and rescue workers said.
The unconscious girl was taken to a hospital and later pronounced dead.
Police said they are investigating the case, believing the girl may have fallen by accident from the balcony of her family's apartment in the 19th-floor building.