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News Nearby: Toddler Falls 15 feet from West View Apartment Window
The little girl was crying and conscious when paramedics took her to Children's Hospital.
A 20-month-old girl fell approximately 15 feet from the first floor window of a home in the 200 block of Perry Highway in Monday night.
It appears a large, plastic garbage container broke her fall and prevented a serious indjury.
Mary Hilty, the child's mother, said her daughter Olivia and her 3-year-old brother were playing on the living room couch, located directly in front of a window.
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"Apparently she or he knocked out the screen, and out she went," said Hilty. "She apparently landed on one of the trash cans in the driveway.”
The child's father rushed outside and found the little girl dazed, but very much awake.
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“She landed, and she was crying, we think she’s fine,” said Hilty. "She had some cuts on her arms, but apparently nothing else."
Paramedics took the child to Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC to be checked out.
This story originally was published on North Hills Patch.
