Youngster Dies After Fall From Independence High Rise Apartments

This story dominates local afternoon newscasts and offers a glimpse at one of many local Summer dangers.

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The Independence Fire Department was sent to Independence Towers apartment complex around 10:07 a.m. on a medical call after a child reportedly fell from a high-rise apartment building.

Officials said the child fell from an 8th-floor apartment, approximately nine stories, from an apartment window.

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