A TEENAGE boy has been airlifted to hospital after falling from the first floor window of his own home.

The 14-year-old from Darlington suffered injuries to both arms, his neck and back in the fall at 3.30pm today.

The Great North Air Ambulance was called to the scene. The teenager was conscious and was airlifted to James Cook Hospital, in Middlesbrough.

His condition has been described as stable.

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