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Child transported by medical helicopter after fall from window

Posted at 7:43 PM, May 18, 2013
and last updated 2013-05-18 21:43:50-04

ERDA, Utah — A young child was taken to a hospital by medical helicopter with significant head trauma after he fell from a window Saturday night.

Tooele County Sheriff’s Department officials said the 7-year-old boy was leaning on a screen and watching his dad mow the lawn when he fell out of the one-story window and into the window well below.

The fall happened sometime around 7 p.m. Saturday. The boy was transported to Primary Children’s Medical Center. Officials said the boy had significant head trauma but would not give more specifics regarding the child’s condition.