Baby safely delivered after mother died in nine-storey fall

The Guardian World Thursday 06 August 2026, 16:13 UTC By Raphael Boyd 1 min read

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Emma Atkinson, 38, was seven months pregnant when she fell from window of flat in Leeds tower blockA pregnant woman who died from a nine-storey fall had her baby safely delivered 30 minutes after her death, an inquest has heard. Emma Atkinson, 38, was seven months pregnant when she fell from the window of her father’s flat in Shakespeare Towers in the Burmantofts area of Leeds, on 22 October 2024.

Emma Atkinson, 38, was seven months pregnant when she fell from window of flat in Leeds tower block

A pregnant woman who died from a nine-storey fall had her baby safely delivered 30 minutes after her death, an inquest has heard.

Emma Atkinson, 38, was seven months pregnant when she fell from the window of her father’s flat in Shakespeare Towers in the Burmantofts area of Leeds, on 22 October 2024.

Emma Atkinson (PERSON) Leeds (LOCATION) Shakespeare Towers (LOCATION) Burmantofts (LOCATION)

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Baby safely delivered after mother died in nine-storey fall

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