Two children aged 4 and 2 fall five floors and survive Japan

Main Category: Public Health
Article Date: 25 Jul 2004 - 1:00 PDT

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A 4-year-old girl and her 2-year-old brother suffered broken bones Saturday morning apparently after falling from the fifth floor of an apartment complex in Chofu, western Tokyo, police said.

According to Chofu Police Station, a local resident called the emergency services after finding the girl walking around crying near the apartment building at about 10:40 a.m. Paramedics arrived shortly after and found that the girl had suffered a broken arm, while her brother had broken his pelvis, the police said.

The girl reportedly told police she had fallen from the balcony of the fifth-floor apartment where she lives. There is a lawn directly below the balcony.

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