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01/10/2007
Two-Year-Old Survives 70ft Fall
A two-year-old toddler is recovering in hospital after falling from the seventh floor of a block of flats.
The incident happened on Saturday evening at Arthur Court in Battersea, south-west London.
It is believed the toddler fell at least 70 feet from a window but scaffolding 30 feet from the ground broke her fall.
She was taken to hospital and it is understood she suffered a broken leg. Her condition has been described as stable.
The incident is not being treated as suspicious.
(LC/SP)
The incident happened on Saturday evening at Arthur Court in Battersea, south-west London.
It is believed the toddler fell at least 70 feet from a window but scaffolding 30 feet from the ground broke her fall.
She was taken to hospital and it is understood she suffered a broken leg. Her condition has been described as stable.
The incident is not being treated as suspicious.
(LC/SP)
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