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| Girl, 2, falls 100ft and survives | Girl, 2, falls 100ft and survives |
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| A two-year-old girl is recovering in hospital after falling from the seventh floor of a block of flats. | A two-year-old girl is recovering in hospital after falling from the seventh floor of a block of flats. |
| The youngster suffered a broken leg following the 100ft (about 30.5m) plunge at Arthur Court in Battersea, south-west London. | The youngster suffered a broken leg following the 100ft (about 30.5m) plunge at Arthur Court in Battersea, south-west London. |
| Police said she was in a stable condition in hospital following the accident on Saturday night. | Police said she was in a stable condition in hospital following the accident on Saturday night. |
| It is thought she survived because her fall was broken by scaffolding on the second floor of the building. | It is thought she survived because her fall was broken by scaffolding on the second floor of the building. |
| Not suspicious | |
| A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said the accident was not being treated as suspicious. | A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said the accident was not being treated as suspicious. |
| The emergency services were called to the scene at about 2140 BST. | The emergency services were called to the scene at about 2140 BST. |
| The girl had been taken inside a flat by a resident and ambulance crews treated her for head and leg injuries before taking her to hospital. | The girl had been taken inside a flat by a resident and ambulance crews treated her for head and leg injuries before taking her to hospital. |
| A spokesman for Wandsworth Council, which owns Arthur Court, said all the windows on the 13-storey block were fitted with restrictors which allow them to be opened by 10cm, but that it was possible to open them further. | |
| The flat itself is privately owned, he said. |