A stuffed teddy bear from the hit animated movie Minions is credited with breaking the fall of a five-year-old Colorado girl who suffered only minor injuries after tumbling from a third-story apartment window.
The child was playing in a bedroom when she accidentally fell backwards out of an open window, Colorado Springs police said.
“Fortunately, when the child fell out of the window she continued holding on to a stuffed Minion teddy bear that is believed to have cushioned her fall,” the statement said.
The girl was transported to a local hospital where she was treated for a broken arm and released, police said.
Colorado Springs Police Lieutenant Catherine Buckley said it was the fifth incident since May of a child falling from an open window in the state’s second-largest city.
“Thankfully none of the injuries have been serious, but people should make sure to have an adequate screen or some other way to block a child from open windows,” she said.