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Toddler taken to hospital after falling from window of southeast Calgary home

A file photo of the Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary. Global News

A Calgary toddler was injured on Friday afternoon after falling from a window at a home in the 200-block of Auburn Meadows Crescent S.E., according to police.

Calgary EMS told Global News the 20-month-old boy was taken by ambulance to the Alberta Children’s Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police said emergency crews were called to the home at 5:45 p.m. They said the boy’s parents were changing screen windows at the time of the incident.

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According to police, the boy fell from a window and onto a garage roof before falling to the ground.

It was unclear what height the boy fell from or what he was doing at the time of the fall.

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