Child and man fall from balcony, NSW

A child and a man have been taken to hospital after falling from a balcony on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, NSW Police say.

About 4pm today (Saturday 4 August 2018), emergency services were called to a home on Pittwater Road at Church Point, after reports a man and boy fell about three to four metres.

When police arrived, they found a 41-year-old man unconscious and his eight-year-old son injured.

They were treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics, before the man was flown to Royal North Shore Hospital in a serious condition.

The child was taken by road to Royal North Shore Hospital with minor injuries.

Officers from Northern Beaches Police Area Command established a crime scene.

Investigations are continuing.

Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.

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