8-year-old hospitalized by falling debris from Queens construction site

An 8-year-old girl was rushed to the hospital after she was struck in the head by falling debris from a Queens construction site, officials said.

The girl was struck when a wood plank -- bigger than her -- fell from a building on 35th Avenue between 83rd and 84th Streets in Jackson Heights just after 9:30 a.m. Friday.

Officials said construction workers were lowering the plywood from a fire escape to the ground using rope. The piece of plywood slipped off the rope and fell from the third-floor level.

The girl is conscious and stable with a laceration to the head. She was taken to the hospital and has since been released.

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