Kristen Sargent, a 21-year-old University of Georgia student, survived a University of Georgia student fall from an eighth-floor window at The Rambler on West Broad Street in Athens on Saturday. Witnesses and police said she was dancing on a couch when she fell around 7:37 p.m.
Emergency responders found Sargent on a second-floor courtyard pool deck and took her to a local hospital. Criminal investigators later interviewed her and witnesses at the hospital, while forensics teams processed the scene.
The Rambler in Athens
The police report said Sargent lived in the apartment. Investigators believe she hit a metal bench during the plunge.
Authorities said all evidence indicates the incident was accidental. They have not released details about her current medical condition or the specific injuries she suffered.
Kristen Sargent and police
The case remains under investigation even after authorities described the fall as accidental. For students and residents at The Rambler in Athens, the immediate facts are limited to what police have released: the fall happened Saturday, the student survived, and investigators are still documenting the scene and the hospital interviews that followed.
