Woman falls from 3rd floor window of Moorhead care center
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Moorhead police say a 72-year-old woman with dementia fell from the third-floor window of a senior care center early Friday.
Lt. Jim Nielsen said the woman lives on a secure floor and was trying to leave to visit a relative.
Nielsen said she pushed out a window screen and lowered herself out of the window before falling 18 to 20 feet about 1 a.m. Friday.
Officers arrived to find the care center staff treating the woman on the canopy over a patio on the south side of the building.
Police said she was taken to MeritCare Hospital for injuries that did not appear to be life-threatening.
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