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Body Camera Footage Sheds Light on UGA Senior's Fatal Fall from Eighth-Floor Apartment Window
Newly released police body camera footage reveals that University of Georgia senior Kristin Sargent was dancing with friends before she fell from her eighth-floor apartment window in September. The footage provides a clearer picture of the moments leading up to the tragic incident.
ATLANTA, Ga. â Recently obtained police body camera footage is providing new details about the September fall of a University of Georgia senior from her eighth-floor apartment window. The footage, released this week, includes interviews with roommates who described the moments before Kristin Sargent fell.
According to the footage, Sargent, a senior at UGA, was dancing with friends in her apartment at the Rambler Athens building during the Georgia-Oklahoma football weekend. A roommate told police that Sargent had been at a bar earlier during the game.
"We were dancing and we were singing 'The Climb' by Miley Cyrus," the roommate said in the footage. "We had our glass up but the screen was down, and she was dancing and fell backward."
Apartment security camera video captured Sargent falling, with the window screen following her. The fall occurred from the eighth floor of the five-person apartment.
Sargent was transported to a hospital with multiple injuries. A police officer noted that she had an open femur fracture and blood coming from a wound in her chest. First responders said she may have landed on a cushioned metal bench, which may have softened the impact.
A hospital administrator later described Sargent as "drunk," and a police officer suggested that her condition might have contributed to her body not bracing as she fell.
Another roommate expressed hope in the footage, saying, "We all were like, 'If anyone was going to come back from this, it's Kristin.'"
The incident occurred during a weekend when several friends were staying at Sargent's apartment. The Rambler Athens building is a student housing complex near the UGA campus.
Attempts to reach Sargent, her father, and her four roommates for an update on her condition were unsuccessful.
The release of the body camera footage follows previous coverage of the incident, including a report on the aftermath of the fall. The new footage offers the most detailed account yet of the events leading up to the tragedy.
This story is developing and will be updated as more information becomes available.