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Boy, 12, critical after falling from flat in Hong Kong having lost balance while hanging laundry from window

  • Child suffered back injuries and a fractured knee and was rushed to hospital for treatment, where he is in a critical condition
  • The boy’s mother, 42, arrested on suspicion of neglect

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Princess Margaret Hospital in Kwai Chung. Photo: Felix Wong

A 12-year-old boy was in critical condition on Tuesday morning after he fell from the third floor of his residential building in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong.

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Police said they believed the boy was alone at home and hanging laundry from the window of his flat when the incident occurred.

His 42-year-old mother was later arrested on suspicion of ill-treating or neglecting a child.

Emergency personnel were called to the scene at around 8am on Chuen Lung Street.

According to officers, the boy had lost his balance and fallen out of the window, onto a canopy on the first floor of the building.

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He suffered back injuries and a fractured knee.

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