Lady luck was shining on one woman this week when she fell 20ft from her bedroom window – and escaped with nothing but a bruise.

Maria Hudson, 45, of Elm Road, Gravesend, gave her neighbours the fright of their lives when she fell, bounced off a trailer in their back garden and hit the ground.

She had suffered a seizure moments before the fall on Monday and had opened the window to call for help.

“The last thing I remember is being downstairs with the cats and then I managed to get upstairs and open the window,” she explained.

“When I have a seizure I go and look for help.

“My neighbour was out in his garden and I saw him and opened the window to ask for help.

“Apparently his girlfriend was working in between the houses – she was putting bits of wood in this trailer – and then I came down and frightened the life out of her.”

An air ambulance was called just before 3pm and landed in nearby King’s Farm.

A spokesman for the ambulance service said Ms Hudson was given treatment at the scene.

She was then taken by road to Medway Maritime Hospital but only has a bruise to show for the incident, albeit one that stretches from her elbow to her armpit.

Ms Hudson said she was back home enjoying a cup of tea by 6pm.

“I was strapped up like a turkey and had something round my neck to stop me moving my head,” she said of her time at the hospital.

“I am a bit claustrophobic and don’t like being held down – all I wanted was a cup of tea!”

X-rays taken at the hospital revealed no broken bones – and Ms Hudson’s glasses even remained intact.