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An 80-year-old lady had a remarkable escape when a balcony wall she was leaning on collapsed.

The woman, Madhu Soma Patel, was hanging washing on the wall when it fell from the first floor of her house in the city of Surat in India.

Fortunately the lady didn't fall too far, thanks to a shop roof below, and she was later discharged from hospital with relatively minor injuries.

The incident happened in the afternoon of 29 August.

In Surat city Varacha area a 80 year old women named Madhu Soma Patel fell from balcony area on 1st floor of her house ..She was in balcony to put clothes to get dry , she leaned on the railing of the balcony to see down when she feel down along with railing. The incident was captured under cctv footage installed there . Railing and the old lady fell on shops . The old lady suffered minor injuries and was discharged from hospital after first aid . The incident happened on 29th August during afternoon hours .