Lifestyle | uplifting news Cops: Stuffed Toy Saves Girl in 3-Story Fall Her beloved Minion cushioned her fall By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted Jul 17, 2015 5:06 PM CDT Copied In this image released by Universal Pictures, various Minion characters appear in a scene from the animated feature, "Minions." A stuffed-toy version turned out to be a life-saver. (Illumination Entertainment/Universal Pictures via AP) Police in Colorado say a stuffed toy helped save a 5-year-old girl's life after she fell out of a third-story apartment window. The girl broke her arm, but Colorado Springs police say she held on to the toy and it cushioned her fall last night. Police said the girl was playing in her room when she fell backward out her bedroom window. She was treated and released, and authorities ruled the fall accidental. The toy was a Minion, small, yellow creatures popularized by the animated film Despicable Me. (Some parents think the ones in Happy Meals have potty mouths.) Read These Next Peggy Noonan: Kirk assassination starting to look 'epochal.' NFL star's routine drug test revealed a stunning diagnosis. Admiral who oversaw first boat strikes retires. Taylor Swift gets emotional over UK attack in new Disney+ docuseries. Report an error