HORROR FALL

Girl, 2, suffers life-threatening injuries after falling 40ft from bedroom window in front of ‘hysterical’ parents

A TODDLER suffered life-threatening injuries after plunging 40ft from her bedroom window in Portsmouth as her horrified neighbours yelled "that's your baby" to her parents.

The two-year-old's "hysterical" mum and dad rushed to her side after hearing a "massive thud" at around 6pm last night.

The girl was earlier said to be fighting for life after being rushed to hospital but police confirmed she suffered "life-threatening" injuries and remains in a serious but stable condition.

Horrified witness Emma Reilly, 31, said a metal box on the street below her window broke her fall and believes the toddler "would have died" if she hadn't fallen on it.

The neighbour said: "I heard a massive thud from outside and at first I thought someone had been run over.

"But when I looked down from my window I could see the baby lying on the floor.

"I shouted down to her mum because she had obviously been in the bath and had a towel around her head but came to the window to see what the commotion was.

"I shouted 'that's your baby, that's your baby!' I think her husband had legged it downstairs at this point.

"It was horrible to see."

Emma said the "lovely and sweet" tot landed on the telephone box in front of two teenage boys,.

She continued: "Her face was huge because it was swollen so much, she had a big black eye and down at the scene we were told she had a broken jaw.

"We brought her eight year old brother up here to keep him away but he was confused so we had to tell him an old lady fell over.

"He asked us 'why is my mummy crying?' so we just said it was because an old lady fell over."

Another neighbour, Karen Marsh, said the mum appeared to be in the bath during the "complete accident".

The 54-year-old, who rushed to her aid, added: "She kept asking 'is she going to be OK? Is she going to be OK?'"

Police have now launched an investigation after the horror yesterday.