A group of postal employees saved a toddler by catching her after she fell five storeys from an apartment building, state media reported.

Footage captured by a security camera and broadcast by Chinese state-run broadcaster CCTV showed several local postal employees moving to catch the two year-old girl. She had been perched on the family's apartment window ledge, CCTV and local media reported.

One postal worker said the toddler's legs hit his neck and injured it. But he said he didn't think twice before rushing to catch her.

The girl sustained no major injuries except for a bruise near her left eye, CCTV added.

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