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SHOCK! Mika's sister impaled on railings after 50ft fall

Paloma Penniman in critical condition

Mika called the emergency services after Paloma Penniman fell

Mika's sister Paloma Penniman is in hospital after falling 50ft from a window and being impaled on railings. 

The freak accident happened early yesterday morning at her home in Kensington, west London, shortly after she and the singer had returned from having dinner outside. 

Paloma is believed to have lost her balance while sitting on a window ledge and fell on the railing spikes outside the property. 

She was rushed to The Royal London Hospital in Whitecapel for emergency surgery, having impaled both legs and her abdomen. 

'Paloma had a serious accident,' says a spokesman for Mika, 27. 

'She is in a critical but stable state. The family have asked for privacy at this time.'

Cops are not treating the accident as suspicious. 

'Officers were called to an address at 5.15 [yesterday] morning, after reports a woman was impaled on railings after falling from a window,' a Metropolitan Police spokesman tells The Sun.

Mika - real name Michael Penniman - and his family have been keeping a bedside vigil as Paloma recovers.