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An Algonquin College student is in critical condition after falling three storeys inside a campus building and landing at the bottom of a concrete stairwell, Ottawa paramedics said Thursday.

The student, who appeared to be in his early 20s, was found unconscious around 4 p.m. on Wednesday by campus security. Paramedics, who had to keep his airway open due to blood pooling in his mouth, said he sustained a head injury and an arm fracture. They weren’t aware of how long he had been there for.

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A witness called 911 around 4 p.m. when the student was found in the stairwell of the “C” building at the school.

“He was severely injured and transported to hospital with life-threatening, critical injuries,” said Keith Buchanan, the superintendent of operations for the paramedic service. “He is approximately 20. We don’t have any ID on this individual, police are looking into it.”

The school’s security staff guarded the top and bottom of the stairwell Wednesday night, and a few of the night students walking the halls were unaware of the incident.

“Our thoughts are with this student and his family at this time,” Algonquin president Cheryl Jensen said. “This is an extremely difficult situation and we are still gathering information to determine what happened.”

— With files from Nicholas Dunne