Mystery of pregnant mum Emma Atkinson's death after plunging 90ft from tower block window

The household of Emma Atkinson, 38, from Leeds, said she tragically died successful a freak mishap and explained that she fell by mistake erstwhile she was leaning retired of a model having a cigarette

A large mum-of-four who plummeted 90ft to her decease from a operation artifact is said to person accidentally fallen from a window.

Emma Atkinson, 38, was pronounced dormant pursuing the fearfulness autumn astatine Shakespeare Towers, Burmantofts, Leeds, connected Tuesday morning. Her babe was miraculously delivered safely successful infirmary and is simply a "little fighter".

According to her loved ones, she was visiting her begetter astatine his level erstwhile she leaned retired of the model to fume a cigarette. She is said to person tragically plunged from the window. Her household accidental investigators are looking into whether she opened the lounge model afloat and leaned excessively far, with her begetter being incapable to halt the fall.

It comes aft rumours emerged online that the mum could person been depressed and decided to instrumentality her ain life. But her friends disputed the speculation and said she was excited to go a mum again. And conscionable days earlier, she was told she would go a grandma for the archetypal clip arsenic her girl Demi, 17, was expecting.

Her daughter, present named Posie, is presently recovering successful infirmary with a fractured leg. Emma's aunt and uncle, Ken and Rita Hanlan, opened up astir the tragedy. Mr Hanlan told MailOnline: "The level she was successful erstwhile she fell was her father's and we person been told it was an accident. Her begetter said she opened the model to person a fume and fell out. He insists it was an accident."

Ms Hanlan, 75, offered an update connected Posie and said her information is improving. She told the publication: "Little Posie is feeding now, she is taking milk, which has been a large relief. She had an interior bleed but that is clearing now. She has a fracture to her limb and they are going to splint that sometime adjacent week. She is the 1 bully happening that has travel retired of this tragedy. She is specified a small fighter, she was lone 4lbs erstwhile she was delivered but she's doing well, which is amazing."

A spokesperson for West Yorkshire police earlier said: "At 10.24am today, constabulary were contacted by the ambulance work who had been called to an incidental wherever a pistillate had fallen from height. The pistillate died astatine the country arsenic effect of her injuries.

"There were nary suspicious circumstances and the Coroner’s Office has been informed. The woman, aged successful her thirties, was successful the precocious signifier of pregnancy and her babe was delivered astatine infirmary aft the incidental and is receiving captious care."