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Witnesses told emergency crews the man had fallen from a balcony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3 wp-block-paragraph\">Because of the nature of his injuries, emergency crews requested an air ambulance. Survival Flight 7 responded, landing near the library before transporting the student to Little Rock for further treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3 wp-block-paragraph\">The Russellville Fire Department said it had no additional information about the student\u2019s condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3 wp-block-paragraph\">Arkansas Tech University confirmed the student was injured in the fall and said there is no indication of foul play or any known danger on campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3 wp-block-paragraph\">The circumstances surrounding the fall remain under investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3 wp-block-paragraph\">University officials are asking people to avoid Ross Pendergraft Library and Technology Center until further notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p4 wp-block-paragraph\">ATU also reminded students, faculty and staff that counseling services are available through the ATU Counseling Center in the Doc Bryan Student Services Center for anyone affected by the incident.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Arkansas Tech University student was flown to a Little Rock medical facility Monday afternoon after falling from the third floor of Ross Pendergraft Library and Technology Center on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3676,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[388,382,386],"tags":[],"city":[],"class_list":["post-3677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arkansas-tech","category-crime-public-safety","category-education"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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