A 16-YEAR-old girl has killed her prematurely born baby after allegedly throwing the newborn out of a second-floor window from her flat.
Police say the unidentified teen mum gave birth alone in her room after unexpectedly going into labour while she was asleep.
After the baby was born, the panicked girl allegedly threw the tiny infant out of her window before telling her own mum what she had done.
Her mum then went outside and saw the baby in the grass and began performing CPR,Omaha World-Herald reported.
Police and emergency services were called to the apartment complex, in Omaha, Nebraska,USA, after receiving several calls about the infant being thrown from the window, reports the New York Daily News.
The baby was rushed to hospital in an ambulance but was pronounced dead on the way.