Body camera footage reveals aftermath of UGA student’s 8-story fall

ATHENS, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Newly released police body camera footage offers a closer look at the chaotic aftermath and miraculous survival of a 21-year-old University of Georgia student who fell eight stories from an apartment window in September.The incident occurred during a gathering at the Rambler Apartments, an off-campus complex located on West Broad Street. According to newly obtained video and 911 audio, the student, finance and marketing senior Kristin Sargent, accidentally fell approximately 65 to 70 feet after losing her balance while dancing on furniture.“My friend just fell out of the window on the eighth floor,” a caller told a 911 dispatcher immediately following the incident. “We were dancing and she just fell out the window.”In interviews with responding officers captured on body camera video, Sargent’s roommates and friends explained that a group had been standing on a couch singing before Sargent began dancing on a bed and fell through the window.PREVIOUS COV