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Child, 5, survives fall from 4th-floor window in Wilkinsburg

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By The Tribune-Review

Published: Monday, December 10, 2012, 12:01 a.m.
Updated: Monday, December 10, 2012

A 5-year-old child appeared to have fallen four stories from a Wilkinsburg apartment window and survived Sunday afternoon, authorities said.

The boy fell from an apartment building at Biddle Avenue and West Street around 2:10 p.m., according to Allegheny County 911 dispatchers.

The boy, whose injuries appeared to be minor, was transported to Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, in Lawrenceville.

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