Heavily pregnant mum dies after falling from tower block with newborn fighting for life

A newborn baby is fighting for life after their mother tragically fell from a tower block in Leeds. Emergency services rushed to the scene at the 17-storey Shakespeare Towers in Burmantofts on the morning of Tuesday, October 22, following reports of a heavily pregnant woman falling "from a height".

A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police confirmed that officers were alerted to the incident by Yorkshire Ambulance Service at approximately 10.24am. The paramedics had responded to an emergency involving a woman "in the late stage of pregnancy" who had fallen from the apartment block.

Tragically, the woman, in her 30s, was pronounced dead at the scene. Her baby was subsequently delivered at hospital and is now in a critical condition, reports Leeds Live.

The police spokesman stated: "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 Shakespeare Towers, in Shakespeare Approach.

"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."