Taipei, September 14: A three-year-old Taiwan boy survived a fall from the 12th floor after landing on a motorcyclist, a newspaper said Monday.
According to the China Times, the incident occurred in Sanhsia Township outside Taipei Saturday evening.
Lin Tzu-chun, 25, parked his motorbike beside an apartment building about 8 p.m. Saturday to buy milk from a department store.
After making the purchase, he started the motorbike to go home when the falling boy hit Lin’s left shoulder and the motorbike before landing on the pavement.
Lin was knocked off the bike and fainted, suffering a broken left wrist. The boy was in a coma, suffering from brain haemorrhage, the paper said.
Both Lin and the boy were rushed to hospital. Lin was discharged Sunday and the child regained consciousness and was recovering in hospital.
The boy’s mother told police the boy thought his mother and sister had gone out and he went out to look for them from the balcony.
—IANS