Overview
- Kristin Sargent, a 21-year-old University of Georgia student, fell from an eighth-floor window at the Rambler Athens and was taken to a hospital with serious but survivable injuries on Saturday, Sept. 26.
- Bystanders told police she had been dancing on a couch or air mattress near an open window and apparently went through the window screen before the fall.
- Officers found signs consistent with the plunge on the second-floor pool deck, including a bloodied cushion and a broken armrest from a metal bench that investigators say she likely struck during the fall.
- Sargent remains hospitalized and has been awake and speaking with family, and Athens-Clarke County police say evidence so far suggests the incident was accidental while the formal investigation continues and no charges have been announced.
- The apartment complex has reminded residents that windows are fitted with safety limiters, which restrict how far a window can open, and the case may prompt further inspections or policy reviews at student housing properties.