A NEWBORN baby is fighting for its life after their mum plunged to her death from a 17-storey tower block.
A woman “in the late stage of pregnancy” fell “from a height” at a Leeds tower block in Burmantofts, yesterday morning.
West Yorkshire Police were called to Shakespeare Towers, in Shakespeare Approach at around 10.24am by Yorkshire Ambulance Service.
Paramedics battled to save the woman, in her 30s, but she was tragically pronounced dead at the scene.
The woman’s baby was delivered at hospital, where the newborn remains in a critical condition.
Cops confirmed there were “no suspicious circumstances”.
One resident told the BBC he had been in his flat on the 14th floor when he heard a “thud” and screaming.
He said: “It’s a shock to everybody, to the whole community.”
Labour councillor Luke Farley described the tragedy as “deeply distressing”.
He said: “I also want to reassure residents that there will be a police presence there over the next day or so.”
A flower bouquet has been left at the scene in memory of the mother-to-be.
A West Yorkshire Police spokesperson said: “At 10.24am today, police were contacted by the ambulance service who had been called to an incident where a woman had fallen from height at.
“The woman died at the scene as result of her injuries.
“There were no suspicious circumstances and the Coroner’s Office has been informed.
“The woman, aged in her thirties, was in the late stage of pregnancy and her baby was delivered at hospital after the incident and is receiving critical care.”
