A WOMAN is lucky to be alive after plunging 15ft through a skylight.
The woman, believed to be in her 40s, lives in flats above Barclays Bank in Highcliffe.
The maisonettes, above the bank in Lymington Road, open onto a flat roof, and it was on this roof where the victim is thought to have landed.
Emergency services were called around 9am yesterday. Specialist Dorset Fire and Rescue Service crews, from Weymouth and Poole fire stations, were needed to rescue the woman.
She received on-the-spot treatment from South Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust paramedics, who placed her in a neck brace and on a spinal board as a precaution. It is not known how serious her injuries are, but firefighters confirmed she was cons-cious during the rescue.
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