Toddler dies after horrific 20-story high-rise plunge in Newark Dan Alexander Published: November 18, 2025 Elizabeth Towers in Newark Nov. 15,. 2025 (CBS New York via YouTube)

🚨Toddler dies after falling 20 stories from a Newark apartment building

🚨Residents describe building as aging, poorly maintained and understaffed

🚨Authorities ask anyone with information to contact the police

NEWARK — The fall of a toddler from the window of an apartment to the ground 20 stories below was likely a tragic accident.

Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II said police responded at 7 a.m. to the Elizabeth Towers apartment building on Elizabeth Avenue in the Weequahic section. They found the child on the ground. The child was pronounced dead at the scene.

The identity of the chil

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