FD: TV falls onto Valley 3-year-old

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Posted: 12/19/2012

APACHE JUNCTION, AZ - A 3-year-old Apache Junction girl is lucky to be alive after a large tube-type television fell on her Wednesday afternoon.

Fire department spokesman Dave Montgomery said the toddler was climbing on a dresser when the TV fell on her.

The girl was airlifted to Maricopa Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.

 

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