A 21-year-old University of Georgia student survived an eight-story fall from an apartment window after apparently falling through a screen while dancing near an open window, according to a police report obtained by Fox News Digital.Kristen Sargent fell from an eighth-floor window at the Rambler Athens apartment complex on West Broad Street around 7:37 p.m.Saturday.Witnesses told police Sargent had been dancing on a couch or air mattress near the open window when she apparently fell through the screen.
She landed near a pool in a courtyard on the building's second floor, according to the report.Police found evidence that Sargent struck a metal bench during the fall.An officer noted blood on the bench's cushion and that one of its armrests had broken off.WOMAN DIES AFTER PLUNGING INTO UNCOVERED MANHOLE OUTSIDE LUXURY STORESA University of Georgia senior survived an eight-story plunge from an apartment window in Athens, Georgia, after police say she fell through a screen while dancing near an open window.
(Instagram/_kristinsargent; Google Maps)Lt.Katie Jenkins, a spokesperson for the Athens-Clarke County Police Department, told Fox News Digital that investigators believe the bench helped break Sargent's fall.
She said the incident is not being investigated as a criminal matter and that police understand Sargent is alert and conscious.Emergency 911 audio obtained by FOX 5 Atlanta captured the frantic moments after Sargent fell."We’re on the eighth floor.My friend just fell out of the window," a caller told dispatchers.
"She's on the ground.She fell out of the window.
We were dancing, and she just fell out of the window."A dispatcher asked whether Sargent was moving.MAN ACCUSED OF LURING UGA STUDENT WITH ‘WALK HOME’ RUSE BEFORE BRUTAL ASSAULT: POLICEUniversity of Georgia student Kristen Sargent, 21, survived an eight-story fall from an Athens apartment window while dancing on a couch, according to police.(Instagram/_kristinsargent)"Is she moving? Is she mov...