A young British boy is fighting for his life after he plunged from a holiday villa window in what appears to be a freak accident.
The two-year-old, who has not been named, was staying in the Tuscan home with his parents and five-year-old sister when the accident happened.
It is thought he woke up, walked into his sister's room and climbed onto her bed.
The boy then fell through the bedroom window, plummeting 18 foot to the terrace below.
His sister began to cry, alerting the parents to the shocking incident.
They immediately called the emergency services, who scrambled a helicopter to the house in Montespertoli near Florence.
The boy was rushed to Meyer hospital where he remained over night in a critical condition.
Anna, the villa's owner, told The Mirror: "The child went to bed with his sister. They were playing, he and his sister.
"We think that he got close to the window, leaned out and fell down. The parents were in another room, the sister started to cry and saying he had fallen down.
"He was not unconscious but he was not crying. They ran out very quickly."
The villa owner said the boy's condition had improved since he was taken to hospital yesterday, although this had not been confirmed by the Italian authorities.
"He was a bit better this afternoon," she continued.
"He woke up and talked with his mother.
"Let's see what happens with his head. He is very lucky I think."
Members of the boy's family have flown out from the London area to be with him.
A carabinieri spokesman told The Sun : "Paramedics and we were called to the scene and we found the child on the floor.
“He was taken to hospital and is in intensive care.
"It looks like he woke up as went into his sister’s bedroom and then somehow fell out of the window.”
