Pregnant woman in her 30s falls to her death from a tower block as newborn baby fights for his life

A NEWBORN baby is fighting for his life after their mother plunged to her death from a 17-storey tower block.

A woman “in the late stages of pregnancy” fell “from a height” in a Leeds tower block in Burmantofts yesterday morning.

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West Yorkshire Police were called to Shakespeare Towers, in Shakespeare Approach, by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service at around 10.24am.

Paramedics attempted to save the woman, aged in her 30s, but she was tragically pronounced dead at the scene.

The woman’s baby was delivered at the hospital, where the newborn remains in critical condition.

Police confirmed there were “no suspicious circumstances”.

A spokesperson for West Yorkshire Police said: “At 10.24am today, police were contacted by the ambulance service who were called to an incident involving a woman who had fallen from height.

“The woman died on the spot from her injuries.

“There were no suspicious circumstances and the coroner’s office has been notified.

“The woman, in her 30s, was in the late stages of pregnancy and her baby was delivered in hospital after the incident and is receiving critical care.”