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| Baby seriously injured in Luton flat window fall | Baby seriously injured in Luton flat window fall |
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| A baby has been taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after falling from an open window of a first-floor flat. | A baby has been taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after falling from an open window of a first-floor flat. |
| Emergency services were called to Wellington Street in Luton at about 13:00 BST. | Emergency services were called to Wellington Street in Luton at about 13:00 BST. |
| Jason Watkins, who works in the street, said he had been told it was a boy who was hurt. He said the road was closed but had since reopened. | Jason Watkins, who works in the street, said he had been told it was a boy who was hurt. He said the road was closed but had since reopened. |
| Police have asked anyone who was in the area at the time to get in touch. | Police have asked anyone who was in the area at the time to get in touch. |
| The child's age or sex has not been confirmed by Bedfordshire Police. | The child's age or sex has not been confirmed by Bedfordshire Police. |
| Albert Constantin, 32, a barber who has a shop nearby, said he saw the boy on the ground and a lot of people crowded around. | Albert Constantin, 32, a barber who has a shop nearby, said he saw the boy on the ground and a lot of people crowded around. |
| He heard one woman, who came to help, on the phone to the emergency services and she was told to put the baby on his side. | He heard one woman, who came to help, on the phone to the emergency services and she was told to put the baby on his side. |
| Albert Popescu, 32, a builder from Luton, said he was in the street when he heard a woman, who he thought was the child's mother, screaming "help me, help me". | |
| "We all gathered round while we saw the baby being put on its shoulders by a man. There was silence for a minute or two, before the baby started crying." | |
| George Feron, 44, the manager of Luton Market, said: "It was really amazing to see everyone come together to help this woman. | |
| "People in the street gathered round her, were holding her. They stood around for around two, three hours. | |
| "I have lived here for 25 years and I've never seen anything like it in this town." |