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Woman struck by falling can in Loop
By Dave Wischnowsky
Tribune staff reporter
Published October 12, 2005, 9:30 PM CDT
An 18-year-old female student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago was in fair condition Wednesday night after being struck on the head by a can that fell from a Loop dorm, officials said.
About 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, Kabel Kruithoff, of Holland, Mich., was standing outside the school's 17-story residence hall at 162 N. State St. when the can fell from the building, according to school spokeswoman Caren Yusem. A bottle may have also fallen, Yusem said.
Kruithoff was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where she underwent surgery, officials said. She was recovering in fair condition Wednesday night, according to a hospital spokesman.
Officials are trying to determine where the object fell from, Yusem said. All of the building's windows have screens that are locked, she said.
Students living on the residence hall's 13th floor said they were awakened early Wednesday when school officials knocked on their doors.
"It was about 2 [a.m.] when they knocked," said Leonardo Kaplan, 20, of Colombia. "They came in and inspected my window... Everyone was confused."
The incident does not seem to have been intentional, Yusem said.
"There's nothing to indicate that it was anything more than an accident," she said. "The building was built to prevent things like this from happening. So we're trying to figure out what happened."
Chicago police are not investigating, according to spokeswoman JoAnn Taylor.
Art Institute students on Wednesday evening found the incident baffling.
"There are screens on the windows, and they are locked on," Kaplan said. "That's what I don't get."
"It's just weird," said Emma Robbins, 19, of Arizona. "It's not the kind of thing that you'd expect to happen here, or anywhere."
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Corrections:
She got hit by a bottle
It was bloody
She is a first year student @ SAIC
13th floor had a party. Alcohol was found everywhere
the girl's in critical condition
oh and no its obviously not me
-bee
By Dave Wischnowsky
Tribune staff reporter
Published October 12, 2005, 9:30 PM CDT
An 18-year-old female student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago was in fair condition Wednesday night after being struck on the head by a can that fell from a Loop dorm, officials said.
About 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, Kabel Kruithoff, of Holland, Mich., was standing outside the school's 17-story residence hall at 162 N. State St. when the can fell from the building, according to school spokeswoman Caren Yusem. A bottle may have also fallen, Yusem said.
Kruithoff was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where she underwent surgery, officials said. She was recovering in fair condition Wednesday night, according to a hospital spokesman.
Officials are trying to determine where the object fell from, Yusem said. All of the building's windows have screens that are locked, she said.
Students living on the residence hall's 13th floor said they were awakened early Wednesday when school officials knocked on their doors.
"It was about 2 [a.m.] when they knocked," said Leonardo Kaplan, 20, of Colombia. "They came in and inspected my window... Everyone was confused."
The incident does not seem to have been intentional, Yusem said.
"There's nothing to indicate that it was anything more than an accident," she said. "The building was built to prevent things like this from happening. So we're trying to figure out what happened."
Chicago police are not investigating, according to spokeswoman JoAnn Taylor.
Art Institute students on Wednesday evening found the incident baffling.
"There are screens on the windows, and they are locked on," Kaplan said. "That's what I don't get."
"It's just weird," said Emma Robbins, 19, of Arizona. "It's not the kind of thing that you'd expect to happen here, or anywhere."
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Corrections:
She got hit by a bottle
It was bloody
She is a first year student @ SAIC
13th floor had a party. Alcohol was found everywhere
the girl's in critical condition
oh and no its obviously not me
-bee