WEST CHESTER — A young woman fell five stories from the parking garage at Chestnut and Walnut streets at 3:45 p.m. Saturday, according to witnesses.

After the fall, she was conscious, although “dazed,” and her legs were badly broken, according to Sherry McNeely, a borough resident who saw her fall and took care of her until ambulances and police arrived.

Police are not releasing the victim’s name until her family is contacted.

According to West Chester police Sgt. Marty Deigham, who investigated, the victim was on the roof with three people. Two were male and both were taken to the station for questioning.

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Deigham said he does not suspect foul play, but the investigation is still open.

He said that the woman, who is at least 18 years old, was taken to Crozer-Chester Medical Center for treatment.

McNeely, the witness who helped the victim, said that, upon leaving Rite Aid and walking into the parking lot that borders Prescott Alley, she saw the victim and two males behaving suspiciously on the roof of the Mosteller Parking Garage.

The victim was standing on the roof ledge with her back to the Rite Aid, McNeely said, and two males were facing her.

McNeely said she then called the police. A police news release states someone called them about people who were behaving suspiciously on top of the garage.

Shortly after McNeely made the call, she said, the victim fell straight down and landed feet-first on the sidewalk that lines Prescott Alley.

McNeely said she was not sure if the victim was pushed or if she fell.

When she went over to help, the victim was conscious and complaining about the pain in her legs, McNeely said.

“She’s a lucky girl,” she said. “That’s a long way to fall and still be alive.”

One of the men taken from the garage was young, and another was older and heavy-set, according to Stephanie Thomas, a borough resident who was on her way to Rite Aid when she saw a crowd gathering outside the garage.

Thomas said the young man was screaming, “She fell! She fell!” after the fall.

The victim was young, had black hair, and was wearing a lot of makeup, Thomas said.

Stephen Swift, a Bayard-Rustin High School student who was standing with his friends by the garage just after the fall, said the victim had a lip ring and was “goth” in appearance.

Swift and his friends were at Fenario’s, a nearby café, when they heard about the fall, and, thinking the victim was one of their friends, went to check it out, several of Swift’s friends said.

But none of them said they knew the victim, and no one at the garage said they had any idea who she was.

The garage is about 60 feet high. The roof is a white lot surrounded by low, red walls. It was empty at 4:20 p.m., 35 minutes after the fall.