A newborn baby is fighting for his life today after a heavily pregnant woman plunged to her death from a 17-storey tower block.
The tiny baby is receiving ‘critical care’ today after a woman in her 30s fell to her death at the Shakespeare Towers in Burmantofts, Leeds, yesterday morning.
She was pronounced dead at the scene and her child was later delivered to hospital.
Officers assume that there are no ‘suspicious circumstances’ in connection with the death of the pregnant woman.
A shocked resident living on the 14th floor told how he heard a ‘thud’ followed by screams.
A newborn baby is fighting for his life today after a heavily pregnant woman plunged to her death from Shakespeare Towers in Burmantofts, Leeds.
He told the BBC: ‘It’s a shock for everyone, for the entire community.’
Last night a small bouquet of flowers could be seen resting against a bollard outside the apartment building in tribute to the young mother-to-be.
Labor councilor Luke Farley of Leeds City Council described the incident as ‘very distressing’ and said the area was home to a number of young families.
He said: ‘I would also like to reassure residents that there will be a police presence in the coming day.’
Councilor Asghar Khan added that he was “so saddened to hear this shocking news.”
A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said yesterday: ‘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 following the incident and is receiving critical care.”
The apartments are owned by Leeds City Council, which recently spent £4.5 million refurbishing the block, which was built in the 1960s, to ‘improve energy efficiency’.
The work included installing new external wall insulation.
MailOnline has contacted Leeds City Council for comment.
