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Police investigate child's fall from window
Monday, 18 March 2013, 10:04 am
Press Release: New Zealand Police
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Police investigate child's fall from window
At
approximately 7.20 this morning police received a report
from Ambulance of a child falling from the window of a house
in the Fordlands suburb of Rotorua.
The 14-month-old girl
has been taken to Rotorua Hospital with minor injuries and
is being kept in for observation.
Police are investigating
the incident which includes examining the scene and speaking
with the adults at the
address.
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