Georgia Student Survives Fall From Eighth-Floor Window

A 21-year-old University of Georgia student survived a fall from an eighth-floor apartment window in Athens, Georgia, on Saturday evening, sustaining serious injuries, according to police accounts and statements from her family. Police said available evidence suggests the fall was accidental, while the circumstances and the status of the window’s safety device remain unclear. Kristin Sargent, a university senior, fell through a window screen at Rambler Athens, an apartment complex near the university, and landed on the building’s pool deck, according to a police report. Bystanders told officers she had been dancing on a couch or air mattress near the open window before the fall. Police accounts place the incident at about 7:30 p.m. Saturday. An officer’s report described blood on a poolside bench cushion and a broken armrest, indicating Sargent may have struck the bench during the fall. The report does not establish how the impact affected her injuries. She was found on the ground near the pool and taken to a hospital. Sargent’s father, Richard Sargent, told local television that she was recovering in intensive care with multiple injuries.