Woman serious injured in fall from Brighton window

A woman is in a serious condition in hospital after falling out of window and plunging more than 50ft to the ground.

Emergency services were called to Madeira Mansions in Maderia Place, Brighton, just before midnight last night.

The woman, in her 30s, had fallen out of a fourth floor window, hit a sloping roof and then fell a further 15ft into a concrete basement.

Firefighters had to use ladders and and safety harnesses to help a doctor and paramedic get to the woman, who was still conscious.

Dr Alan Pearce from the emergency medical charity SIMCAS, together with paramedic Sean Barron from the South East Coast Ambulance Service gave her an anaesthetic to relieve her pain.

Firefighters forced their way into a derelict shop in St James Street to get access to the basement so a stertcher could be used to bring the injured woman out.

She was taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton with multiple injuries.

The woman had been trapped for nearly two hours.

Comments(6)

Rita Snatch says...
2:36pm Fri 25 May 12

"Firefighters forced their way into a derelict shop in St James Street to get access to the basement so a stertcher could be used to bring the injured woman out. "

What has happened to the Argus spell check?

It is a STRETCHER !!!! Not a 'stertcher'....

nikkwad says...
4:10pm Sat 26 May 12

Haha - there are too many mistakes in this story to mention...the funniest being the ACTUAL headline "WOMAN SERIOUS INJURED..."
Seriously...why do these people not check before printing? lolz

willy harris says...
9:37am Sun 27 May 12

ONCE AGAIN THE DREARY OLD MOB ARE AT IT AGAIN,,THIS LADY HAS BEEN INJURED,FULL STOP.WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE PEOPLE TO PICK UP AFTER US HAVING ACCIDENTS AND SUCHLIKE,WHY DO THE SAME THING SAID,, SPELL CHECKING.?MAYBE THIS NEWSPAPER SHOULDNT REPORT ANYTHING AT ALL, GET OVER YOURSELVES AND THINK YOURSELVES FORTUNATE THAT IT WASNT YOU FALLING FROM THE WINDOW,MAYBE WORRYING IF THEY GET THE SPELLING RIGHT,

mimseycal says...
9:49am Sun 27 May 12

And of course SHOUTING always helps ;)

willy harris says...
2:34pm Sun 27 May 12

mimseycal wrote:
And of course SHOUTING always helps ;)
i think that you are the last one to worry about shouting mimsey CAT,

mimseycal says...
2:59pm Sun 27 May 12

I'm surprised to hear that you think ;)

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