Kansas State University junior falls 70 feet from overpass trying to avoid being hit by truck and remarkably survives

A Kansas State University junior fell 70 feet from an overpass in a desperate bid to avoid being hit by a truck – and remarkably she survived. Animal science student Kyra Kinnison, 21, faced being mowed down by the truck when she jumped backwards, accidentally falling off a bridge on Kansas’ Highway 18 on Friday night, her pal revealed in a GoFundMe fundraiser.Kinnison and her boyfriend, Dalten Grabast, were driving in separate cars and heading to Salinas but were stopped in their tracks near Ogden when a large insulation pallet fell from a truck, The Kansas State Collegian, reported.“[Kinnison’s boyfriend] swerved around it and stopped,” fellow K-State student Sara Celeen, who created the fundraiser, told WIBW.“[Kyra] pulled over to the side of the road, and then a vehicle crashed into his vehicle.”A crash unfolded in front of the couple  – and Kinnison risked being hit by a truck barrelling down the highway.She fell backwards, plunged some 70 feet, and hit a tree, leaving her with fractures to her back, pelvis, and tailbone.Celeen, a dairy science senior, created a fundraiser for Kinnison and revealed Tuesday her pal “is doing very well for someone who fell 70 feet.”Kinnison had surgery to realign her hips and Celeen shared a picture of the two girls smiling. Celeen is relieved her friend’s injuries weren’t more serious.“I’m just glad she’s not paralyzed for life,” she told WIBW.“There was really a guardian angel out there, looking out for her.” Kinnison is not the only student who has survived a horrifying fall recently.Kristin Sargent, a University of Georgia senior, fell from the eighth floor of an apartment building in Athens, Georgia, while she was dancing on a couch — but remarkably survived the plunge.

The 21-year-old finance and marketing student fell after the Georgia Bulldogs defeated the Oklahoma Sooners 41-13 on Saturday....