Child dies after fall from College Park apartment complex, police investigate
A child died after falling from a College Park apartment complex that has now drawn emergency crews three times for reports of children falling.
Prince George’s County police are investigating a death after a child fell from an apartment building in College Park and later died at a hospital. Officers responded around 9 p.m. Thursday to the 9300 block of Cherry Hill Road, where the fall happened, but police have not released the child’s name, age or any details about how the incident unfolded.
The apartment complex has been identified as Seven Springs Apartments at 9310 Cherry Hill Rd., College Park, MD 20740. Some reports placed the scene in the 9400 block of Cherry Hill Road, but both descriptions point to the same College Park complex. The child’s death leaves detectives with the task of piecing together what happened inside a heavily populated residential corridor that runs near major roads and apartment buildings.
The latest case is the third time emergency crews have responded to the complex for a report of a child falling. On Aug. 12, 2025, a 3-year-old fell from a sixth-floor balcony at the same Cherry Hill Road complex and was airlifted with life-threatening injuries. On Nov. 26, 2025, a 2-year-old fell from a sixth-floor unit there and survived with serious but not life-threatening injuries.
Those repeated emergencies are likely to sharpen questions about whether the building’s child-safety protections are strong enough for a complex that houses families. Window guards, balcony railings, access to open ledges and the way apartments are designed for children all come under scrutiny when the same address keeps appearing in serious fall calls.
For neighbors and parents in College Park, the case is unsettling not only because a child died, but because the location has now become tied to a pattern. Police will need time to reconstruct the child’s final moments, review witness accounts and determine whether the fall was accidental or something else. Until then, the death stands as a stark reminder of how quickly a routine evening at a family apartment building can turn into a fatal emergency.
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