Education & Career
Georgia student survives eight-storey fall at apartment
Livemint··30 Sept
University of Georgia student Kristin Sargent, 21, survived an eight-storey fall at Rambler Athens Apartments on Saturday around 7.30 PM, police said. Witnesses said she danced on a couch near an open window and fell through the screen onto a pool deck. She stayed conscious with serious injuries. A bench armrest broke, which her father said may have lessened impact.
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What It Means For You
- Students in off-campus housing near Georgia were reminded not to tamper with window limiters.
- Celebrations after football games can raise risks near unsecured windows, her father told WSB-TV.
- Management asked residents to report broken limiters rather than disabling safety devices.
What's Happening
- Athens-Clarke County police treated the fall as accidental after interviewing witnesses.
- Sargent's father Richard said she was awake and communicating from intensive care.
- The incident followed Georgia's win over Oklahoma that evening.
Off-campus window safety
- Rambler Athens sits on West Broad Street near the university campus.
- Local student paper The Red and Black reported management's post-incident safety notice.
- Police have not publicly blamed a faulty limiter on the specific window involved.
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