Toddler survives fall from 15th floor of tower block in eastern China
Boy, aged three, lands in soil dampened by rain and his fall was partially broken by clothes line, according to newspaper report
A three-year-old boy has survived after falling from the 15th floor of a residential building in eastern China, according to a newspaper report.
The boy, who was named only as Qiqi, fell over 30 metres out of a window at the tower block in Changzhou in Jiangsu province, the Yangtse Evening Post reported.
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He has been admitted to hospital and is in a critical condition with multiple bone fractures, according to the article.
The newspaper said the boy was miraculously lucky because it appeared he had first struck the ground on the face.
His mother had warned him not to get close to the window before she went to the kitchen.