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May 16, 2008 11:32 am US/Central

Woman Falls From 3rd Floor Window Of Care Center

MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) ― Moorhead police say a 72-year-old woman with dementia fell from the third-floor window of a senior care center early Friday.
  
Lt. Jim Nielsen says the woman lives on a secure floor and was trying to leave to visit a relative.
  
He says she pushed out a window screen and lowered herself out of the window before falling 18 to 20 feet about 1 a.m. Friday.
  
Officers arrived to find the care center staff treating the woman on the canopy over a patio on the south side of the building.
  
Police say she was taken to MeritCare Hospital for injuries that did not appear to be life-threatening.


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