An Alabama woman died after she fell 15 feet from an apartment balcony, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Office. Jessica Ashley Hawkins, 20, asked two friends to take her to the hospital after she struck the ground headfirst Thursday evening. | Hawkins was attempting a handstand from the balcony when she fell. |
Hawkins lost consciousness in the car on the way to the hospital, according to a sheriff's incident report. She was taken to Winter Park Hospital, transferred to the Orlando Regional Medical Center and died at 11:35 p.m., according to the report.
| "This really is a tragedy," sheriff's spokesman Jim Solomons said. |
Hawkins -- a former University of Central Florida student -- was visiting her boyfriend when she fell, the Orlando Sentinel reported. "What this was was a gathering of friends. The investigation revealed nothing had gotten out of hand," Solomons said. "By all appearances, this is just a very, very tragic accident."
NO. An accident would be if she tripped and fell. Doing a handstand on an upper story balcony is Darwin's Law and "Jackass" combined. I'd bet alcohol was involved