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Tuesday, September 16, 2025

UW student survives 8-story balcony fall

A UW-Madison student survived a fall late Saturday night from an eighth-story balcony at the La Ciel apartment complex, according to police. 

 

Madison police said at 10:45 p.m. on Saturday, police and fire crews received a call from someone at La Ciel, located at 515 University Ave., concerning an injured person. Police said they arrived at the scene and found a 21-year-old UW Madison student on the ground and injured. 

 

Police then took the man, a Minnesota native, to the hospital to treat non-life threatening injuries from what they are calling a fall from an eighth-story balcony. Police do not suspect any foul play in the incident and an investigation is ongoing. 

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