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Woman injured in West Pullman porch collapse

By Jordan Owen

A woman was injured when a porch collapsed Thursday morning in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side.

It happened at 11:10 a.m. at a home in the 11500 block of South Wabash, according to Chicago Police.

A 21-year-old woman was taken to Roseland Hospital with minor injuries, police said.

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