Qld; Woman critical after fall from Gold Coast unit balcony

AAP General News (Australia)
04-04-2001
Qld; Woman critical after fall from Gold Coast unit balcony

A 19-year-old woman is in a critical condition in the Gold Coast Hospital this morning
after a fall from the tenth floor of a unit block in Surfers Paradise.

The injured woman, who also suffered stab wounds, was discovered about 12.30am AEST
on the balcony of a second floor unit at Crown Towers in Ferny Avenue.

A police spokesman says the woman is believed to have climbed down two floors on the
outside of the building from the 12th floor to the tenth floor before falling to the second.

Police made the discovery after going to the unit complex to investigate the stabbing
of a 46-year-old man who suffered two small stab wounds to his shoulder.

He received stitches at the Gold Coast Hospital but the spokesman says he's not yet
been interviewed by police.

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