Source: BroBible
Summary
A Kansas State University student survived a 70-foot fall from an overpass after leaping to avoid a swerving truck during a multi-car crash. Authorities reported the incident occurred on Highway K-18 near Ogden, Kansas. Kyra Kinnison, a 21-year-old animal science student, suffered major injuries but is recovering in a hospital. Emergency services coordinated the rescue using high-angle equipment. A separate incident involved a University of Georgia student who fell from an eighth-floor window and survived.
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The habit gets a new name.
Jumping off bridges is now a survival skill.
She avoided a truck, not a bad day.
Rescuers act like it’s routine.
Another college student survives a fall.
The world is full of lucky people.
Surviving a 70-foot fall is just another Tuesday.
Local emergency services were key to her safe rescue after the fall
Local emergency services were key to her safe rescue after the fall. According to the Riley County Police Department, Riley County Fire District #1 and Riley County Emergency Medical Services assisted in the search for the student, identified as 21-year-old Kyra Kinnison, a junior studying animal science, and offered assistance. When the Manhattan Fire Department arrived to help, they lifted Kinnison from the area beneath the bridge using high-angle rescue equipment.
How did the fall from the overpass happen?
Sara Celeen, one of Kyra Kinnison’s close friends, told WIBW News that Kinnison and her boyfriend, Dalten Grabast, were traveling in separate cars to Salina, when they came upon debris on Highway K-18. “[Her boyfriend] swerved around it and stopped. And [Kyra] pulled over to the side of the road, and then, a vehicle crashed into his vehicle,” Celeen said. As Kinnison was walking along the shoulder of the overpass a truck approached her at full speed, putting her in danger while more oncoming cars crashed.
She suffered some serious injuries, but is already on the road to recovery
Although Kyra Kinnison survived the fall, she sustained severe back fractures, as well as others to her pelvis, tailbone, and several vertebrae. “It felt like an eternity because I didn’t know the condition she was in or if I was going to lose the love of my life or not,” her boyfriend told DailyMail.com. “Once they got her up on the bridge I walked beside her while she was on the stretcher to EMS and let her know I was there with her, and that I loved her.”
Another college student also survived a multi-story fall this week
On Saturday, 21-year-old University of Georgia student Kristin Sargent fell from an eighth-floor window at the Rambler Athens apartment complex in Athens, Georgia, while “dancing on a couch or air mattress.” She was reportedly near an open window when she fell through the screen. Sargent’s injuries were not revealed, but she is currently recovering in intensive care. “She was talking to one of her friends and saying, ‘Hey, I’m alive. I can’t believe it,’” said her father, Richard Sargent, adding, “She’s a good fighter, and so she’s going to be okay.”
Strangely enough, Kyra Kinnison wasn’t the only 21-year-old female college student to miraculously survive a serious fall this week.
Strangely enough, Kyra Kinnison wasn’t the only 21-year-old female college student to miraculously survive a serious fall this week. Another college student also survived a multi-story fall this week. On Saturday, 21-year-old University of Georgia student Kristin Sargent fell from an eighth-floor window at the Rambler Athens apartment complex in Athens, Georgia, while “dancing on a couch or air mattress.” She was reportedly near an open window when she fell through the screen.
