A seven-year-old boy fell off a fifth floor window in Joubert Park in Johannesburg on Saturday, paramedics said.

Spokesperson Werner Vermaak said paramedics found the conscious boy lying on a pavement in excruciating pain at around 4pm.

He sustained multiple fractures and lacerations and was taken to hospital.

"The mother of the child explained that he fell out of the window," said Vermaak.