Tempe police are investigating an incident Wednesday night where a woman fell from a second story balcony at a Hooters restaurant on Mill Avenue near the Tempe campus.
The incident appeared to be an accident, Tempe Police Department spokesman Sgt. Steve Carbajal said, and the woman is in critical condition at a local hospital.
Industrial design senior Chris Rashidian said he was having a drink with friends on the second story patio when he heard screaming.
"We figured something happened within 15 to 30 seconds," Rashidian said. "We heard a lot of people screaming and freaking out ... They were screaming, 'Oh my god, is she dead? Is she OK, is she dead?'"
The woman had been sitting on the restaurant's railing prior to the fall, Rashidian said. Patrons in the restaurant immediately began calling the police, posting updates to Twitter and sending text messages to friends, he said, and someone yelled not to move the woman until help arrived.
Tempe Police officers arrived within five to 10 minutes, Rashidian said.
The Hooters restaurant was unable to comment and no other details were immediately available.
