Moment girl, aged six, plunges 40ft from balcony but miraculously survives after landing in deep snow
- The six-year- old girl was lucky to land on a pile of snow after the 40ft fall
- CCTV footage shows her getting up, brushing herself off and returning indoors
- She fell in a temperature of minus 6C from a balcony in Tomsk, Russia
A six-year-old girl miraculously survived after falling 40ft from a balcony – landing into deep snow.
The startling footage shows the child get up, shake herself down, and go back indoors, despite suffering concussion.
Her scary fall from a fourth floor flat in Russian city Tomsk was caught on CCTV camera.
For a second she didn’t move in the thick pile of snow, with only her long dark hair visible.
Then she got to her feet, brushed herself off, climbed over a low fence, and ran slowly towards the door of her apartment block on Karl Marx Street.
She appears to be wearing a long sleeved top, soft trousers and light collared socks when she fell in a temperature of minus 6C at around 9pm on Saturday night.
While no witnesses are seen in the video, it is clear someone called the emergency services because the unnamed girl was rushed to hospital.
A six-year-old girl miraculously survived after falling 40ft from a balcony in Tomsk, Russia
The CCTV captured the moment the little girl landed on a thick pile of snow
She was treated briefly in intensive care before moving to a regular ward at Tome ambulance Hospital Number Two.
‘The child spent one night in an intensive care ward,’ said a local report.
‘Doctors managed to stabilise the little patient’s condition.’
Reports said she suffered concussion but no fractures as a result of the 40ft fall.
She then got to her feet, brushed herself off, climbed over a low fence, and ran slowly towards the door of her apartment block on Karl Marx Street
The Russian Investigative Committee said: ‘The girl fell into a snowdrift, suffered bodily injuries during the fall, and was as a result hospitalised…
‘It was established that the victim lived at the address with her mother, who was absent at the time of the child’s fall.’
The mother could face prosecution for negligence.