NEWBORN babies are fighting for their lives after their mother fell to her death from a 17-storey building.
A woman “late in pregnancy” fell “from a height” onto a Leeds tower block in Burmantofts, yesterday morning.
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A newborn baby is fighting for life after their mother fell to her death from a 17-story building
West Yorkshire Police were called to Shakespeare Towers, in Shakespeare Approach at around 10.24am by Yorkshire Ambulance Service.
Paramedics battled to save the woman, in her 30s, but she was tragically pronounced dead at the scene.
The woman’s baby was born at the hospital, where the newborn remains in critical condition.
The officers confirmed that “there are no suspicious circumstances”.
One resident told the BBC he was in his 14th-floor flat when he heard a “thump” and screaming.
He said: “It’s a shock to everyone, to the whole community.”
Labor councilor Luke Farley described the tragedy as “deeply shocking”.
He said: “I also want to reassure residents that there will be a police presence there over the next few days.”
A bouquet of flowers was left at the scene in memory of the mother-to-be.
A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said: “At 10.24am today police were contacted by the emergency services who were called to an incident where a woman had fallen from a height.
“The woman died of her injuries at the scene.
“There were no suspicious circumstances and the coroner’s office was notified.
“The woman, in her thirties, was late in her pregnancy, and her child was born in the hospital after the incident and is in intensive care.”
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The baby is now in intensive care
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