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

Share Add Us On Google Add as a preferred source on Google 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 COVERAGE: UGA student seriously injured after falling from eighth-floor Athens apartment window First responders arrived to find Sargent conscious and able to speak, despite the height of the fall. Police noted that patio furniture located near the apartment complex’s swimming pool likely broke her fall and saved her life; investigators documented blood and a broken armrest on the poolside furniture. “We gotta bring the backboard,” one officer can be heard saying on the recording as emergency crews assessed Sargent and reassured her that she would be all right. While asking her to identify where she was experiencing pain, Sargent told doctors, “No one did anything bad to me,” confirming the fall was accidental. While Sargent faces a lengthy physical recovery, her survival is nothing short of remarkable. Copyright 2026 WANF. All rights reserved.