Baby dies after fall from hotel window in Paris

A teenager is suspected of having thrown her newborn baby – with its umbilical cord intact – out of a Paris hotel window in a horror incident.

An ambulance in Paris. Picture: AFP PHOTO / THIERRY MONASSE

A newborn baby has died after being thrown out of a hotel window by a teenager believed to be the mother.

An American student, 18, allegedly tossed the infant from the second floor of the Ibis Styles hotel in Paris’ eastern Nation neighbourhood – just moments after they were born, reports The Sun.

Reportedly the baby’s umbilical cord was still attached.

Police have said an investigation into the murder of a person under the age of 15 has now been opened.

Ibis Styles hotel in Paris' Nation neighbourhood. Picture: Google.

‘Alerted by screams'

The incident occurred at around 6am, local time, on Monday (4pm, AEDT), in the city’s 20th arrondissement. or district.

A person who is said to have witnessed the horror called the emergency services after being “alerted by screams,” said local media.

The baby was rushed to a hospital but did not survive its injuries.

The woman was reportedly on a holiday to France with a group of young adults.

She was taken to hospital where she underwent surgery related to the birth, newspaper Le Parisien reports.

Paris prosecutor’s office said: “She was also taken into custody on site. The possibility of a denial of pregnancy is being considered”.

“The investigation is underway and the precise circumstances of this tragedy remain to be established,” a person close to the case told French magazine Paris Match.

Originally published as Baby dies after fall from hotel window in Paris