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Penn State student falls 8 stories

STATE COLLEGE — An 18-year-old Penn State student is in critical condition after what university police say may have been a fall from the window of her eighth-floor dorm room.

The woman was found Tuesday morning on a wet grassy area outside Tener Hall. She was taken to Mount Nittany Medical Center before being flown to Altoona Trauma Center.

Police say they don't know whether the woman fell or jumped, or whether someone else may have been involved.

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