Updated: 1:40 PM EDT April 5, 2021
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. An IU student from Illinois died early Friday morning after falling from an apartment balcony.
It happened just before 5:45 a.m. April 2. Officers responded to the Urban Station Apartments after receiving a call that a man had fallen from the balcony. When officers arrived, they found the man on the sidewalk suffering from significant injuries.
Police said two women were with the man at the time of the incident. They said he had been at their apartment, which was on the fourth floor. One of the women said she was outside on the balcony with him when he suddenly fell over the railing. Investigators are checking surveillance cameras to see if there is video of the incident.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (WPTA21) - A 20-year-old Indiana University Student has died after police said he fell from a balcony last Friday.
On April 2 around 5:40 a.m., police responded to Urban Station Apartments on reports of a man who fell from a fourth-floor balcony.
First responders found a man laying on the sidewalk with serious injuries.
Two women who were with the man at the time told police he had been at their apartment standing on their balcony.
One of the women told officers she was standing on the balcony talking with the man when he fell over the railing.
Medics took him to a local hospital where he later died.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. A student at Indiana University died after falling from a balcony Friday morning.
Bloomington police were called to the Urban Station Apartments just before 6 a.m. Friday and found a man on the sidewalk with significant injuries.
Two women told police that they were talking with the man outside on his fourth-floor balcony when he went over the railing.
The man was taken to the hospital, where he later died.
The Indiana Daily Studenthas identified the man as 20-year-old Jacob Schleinz, a student at the Kelley School of Business.
Police are still looking into what happened. Share
IU student dies after falling from fourth-floor balcony
Laura Lane
BLOOMINGTON An Indiana University student died Friday from injuries suffered when he fell from a fourth-story apartment balcony.
Police and rescue workers responded at 5:42 a.m. Friday to Urban Station Apartments in the 400 block of South Washington Street after a 911 call reporting a man had fallen from a balcony.
Officers found a man laying on the sidewalk with significant injuries, according to a Bloomington Police Department Capt. Ryan Pedigo.
Two women who were with the man said he had been at their apartment on their balcony, which was on the fourth floor of the building. One of the women said she was outside on the balcony talking with the man and that he “suddenly fell over the railing.”