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Toddler Survives Fall From Third-Story Window
Deputies Say Unattended Boy Pushed Through Screen
POSTED: 1:45 pm PDT August 6,
2008
UPDATED: 8:41 pm PDT August 6,
2008
HAPPY VALLEY, Ore. -- An 18-month-old boy fell three stories from an apartment window Wednesday morning.Clackamas County deputies said 1-year-old Nicholas Enriques survived a fall of about 24 feet at a Happy Valley apartment complex on Causey Street. He landed on grass.Slideshow: Toddler Survives Fall From Apartment WindowDustin Gilbert, a maintenance worker at the apartment complex, said he heard a thump a short distance from him just before 10:30 a.m. He realized the child had pushed out the window screen and fell to the ground.
An emergency crew responded and took the child, who was conscious and breathing, to Oregon Health & Science University hospital in Portland.Deputies said the boy lives in Idaho. He is staying in Happy Valley with his 18-year-old brother and his 25-year-old girlfriend.Investigators said the 25-year-old girlfriend had been taking a shower at the time the boy climbed up a couch and pushed through the screened window.He was in good condition as of noon Wednesday.
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