An 18-year-old Washington State University student is in serious condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle this morning after falling 45 to 50 feet from a residence hall balcony.
Campus Police Chief Steven Hansen said Ryan C. Mallory sustained injuries after he fell from a third floor balcony at Streit Hall on Saturday, sometime before 5 a.m.
Mallory is a freshman from Kennewick.
Ambulance dispatch records indicate that the first emergency medical technicians arrived on the scene at 5:17 a.m.
A passerby reported finding Mallory, who had fallen about 50 feet while smoking on a balcony at the hall, at 5:14 a.m., according to an initial report..
Streit Hall is a residence hall located at Flag Lane and Colorado Street. The hall is part of a complex that includes Perham Hall, another dormitory, and the Resident Life and Housing Services building.
"The incident is under investigation," Hansen said, adding that he couldn't provide additional details.
"There are still several questions to be answered," he said. "We want to learn more about his (Mallory's) movements before the fall."
Hansen asked that anyone who had contact with Mallory that night and early morning to contact Nathan Hahn with WSU Police at (509) 335-8548.
