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Woman Hit by Chair Falling From 12th-Story NYC Balcony

The wooden patio chair was apparently swept off the balcony during a steady rainstorm

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 A woman was hospitalized Saturday when a chair fell off a 12th-story balcony in New York City and hit her on the head, police said.

The incident happened at about 2:30 p.m. in the Union Square neighborhood of Manhattan. The wooden patio chair was apparently swept off the balcony during a steady rainstorm. It hit a 23-year-old woman and a parked car.

The woman, who was not identified, was taken to Bellevue Hospital for treatment of a laceration to her head.

The city Department of Buildings is investigating.

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