A six-month-old girl has died after being thrown from the window of a New York City apartment building - the third such fatality in the last few months.

The baby died after being thrown from the sixth floor of the block of flats in the Fordham Heights area of the Bronx.

A spokesman for the New York Police Department said a 27-year-old woman, believed to be the child's mother, was in the apartment with four children at the time.

The three other children were taken to a hospital despite not suffering any injuries.

Officials have confirmed the woman was taken to hospital for an evaluation. No charges have been filed.

This is the third death of a child thrown from a New York apartment since August.