Police in Council Bluffs are investigated the death of a child. Sgt. Chad Meyers reports that at around 10:30-a.m. today (Friday), officers were dispatched to an apartment in the Featherstone apartment complex at 901 North 35th Street, to assist the Fire Department with an unresponsive 18-month old boy. The child was transported to Jenny Edmundson Memorial Hospital by ambulance, where he was pronounced dead.

A preliminary investigation shows that the child and his three year old brother were playing in an upstairs bedroom, when the child fell from a bunk bed ladder. The children’s father was home at the time of the incident. At this point, foul play is not suspected, however an autopsy is scheduled for this weekend.

The child’s name will not be released until the family has an opportunity to notify relatives