NEWARK, N.J. — Authorities in New Jersey are investigating the death of a 2-year-old boy who was reported to have fallen from a 20th-story window.

Newark police were called to a high-rise apartment building at 7 a.m. Saturday on the report of a child falling from the window.

The toddler was pronounced dead at the scene, along a public park near Newark Liberty International Airport, the Essex County prosecutor's office said in a statement.

An investigation was announced by County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens and Newark Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda.

No further information was immediately made available.

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