Attendant falls from roof in E. Pa.

Associated Press

ALLENTOWN, Pa.

An attendant at an eastern Pennsylvania behavioral health facility is hospitalized after plunging off the roof of the building while trying to prevent a patient from jumping.

The family of 48-year-old Robert E. Smith Jr. says he suffered two broken arms and a head injury Monday in the fall from the third-story roof of Mount Trexler Manor in Allentown.

Upper Saucon Township police say the Allentown School Board member was trying to talk down a 20-year-old female patient who was threatening to jump when they both fell. The patient suffered only minor injuries.

Police say the incident is still under investigation.

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