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.
Kristin 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.
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 University of Georgia did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for additional information.