UC Berkeley student dies after falling from balcony

Monday, April 17, 2017
BERKELEY, Calif. -- A young woman died after falling from a balcony blocks from the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.

Authorities said the woman fell just after midnight on Sunday at Dwight Way and College Avenue.
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Police said the 21-year-old woman from Elk Grove, California, likely fell from a third-story balcony.

She was breathing but unconscious when first responders arrived, and then died at the hospital, according to officials.

The woman was a student at UC Berkeley and was active in a sorority.
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A witness told Eyewitness News sister station KGO-TV it appeared to be an accident. Police said their investigation was ongoing.
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