Neuss, Germany - A toddler who fell from a first-storey window was saved from injury by his fully-laden nappy, which burst on impact, German police said Sunday.
The child, only 20 months old, hit the ground on his rump. Experts said the splattered diaper had acted like a car airbag, absorbing the shock.
While alone in a room on Saturday, the boy had crawled onto a window-sill of his apartment in Korschenbroich, near the western city of Neuss, and leaned against a window where the catch was open.
He was unhurt.