School trip girl in fall from hotel - News in brief - Evening Standard
       

School trip girl in fall from hotel

A British schoolgirl is in a serious condition in Italy after reportedly falling 30 feet from her hotel window.

The teenager, named in reports as Su Cangatin-Ripley, was part of a group staying at Hotel Cristallo at Venice's Lido during a choir trip when she fell.

She is understood to have been in a party of 42 from Emanuel School in Battersea, south-west London.

According to reports, a canopy over the bar below her hotel window ledge broke her fall before she hit the pavement.

She was taken to the Ospedale Dell'Angelo at Zelarono Mestre, where her condition was described as "grave".

A hospital spokesman said in remarks reported by Corriere della Sera: "The girl has a series of injuries to lungs and kidneys and brain."

News in brief in Pictures

Don't Miss
Rock star: Erin Wasson

Rock star

Erin Wasson is the ultimate anti-supermodel
Maybe it’s because she’s a Londoner … Happy anniversary, Ma’am

Happy anniversary

The monarchy has become stronger and more respected in the past 60 years
Victoria Coren: My obsession with children, five proposals a week and why David and I are no power couple

Victoria Coren

David Mitchell and I are no power couple
The Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition preview party

Summer party

Stars at the The Royal Academy of Arts
London gets ready for the Diamond Jubilee - in pictures

Diamond Jubilee

London gets ready - in pictures
The Glamour Awards - stars turn on the style

Glamour Awards

Stars turn on the style
Duchess of Cambridge is pretty in pink at her first Buckingham Palace garden party

Garden party

Duchess of Cambridge is pretty in pink
FIRST review of Ridley Scott's latest sci-fi blockbuster Prometheus

First review

Is Ridley Scott's Prometheus any good?
Fair-weather goths

Fair-weather goths

The sultry shades of summer darks are coming out of the shadows
Dog save the Queen: Corgis surge in popularity

Dog save the Queen

Corgis surge in popularity