"It was one of those windows that opens side to side, not up and down. The screen had been blown off during a previous storm," Kennedy said. "Somehow the toddler was able to open window himself and fell out."

The child fell about 30 feet to the concrete sidewalk.

"The parents didn’t even know it. A neighbor went over and said, 'I think your child just fell out the window,'" Kennedy said.

The police have contacted the state Department of Children, Youth and Families to look into the matter, but Kennedy said there was no evidence of intentional wrongdoing.

The police would not release the name of the parents or the child, who is being treated at Hasbro Children's Hospital.

"There’s nothing to indicate at this point that there’s anything of a criminal nature," Kennedy said, noting that he's seen several similar incidents in the past.

"I have seen dozens of these cases over the years and I’ve never seen a child die," he said. "It’s really incredible."