Police: Girl Injured Attempting To Fly Like 'Harry Potter'
Victim Watched Movie Before Jumping From Counter
POSTED: Sunday, July 21, 2002
UPDATED: 4:25 pm EDT July 21,
2002
A 4-year-old girl was critically injured after she apparently tried to fly after watching "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" movie, according to a Local 6 News report.
Authorities in Shelby, N.C., said that the girl watched the movie and then crawled onto a kitchen counter, straddled a broom and then jumped off.The injured girl was at a neighbor's house when she tried to fly away on the broom.Her mother reportedly left her in the care of a 14-year-old boy for less than an hour while she went out for food, Local 6 News reported.The victim was listed in critical condition this weekend, according to the report.Watch Local 6 News for the latest on this story.
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