University of Florida student dies in fall from balcony

Victim ID'd as Ian Burns

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A 20-year-old University of Florida student has died in a fall from a third-floor balcony at an apartment complex.

Gainesville Police Department Lt. Paris Owens said witnesses called police when they saw Ian Burns fall shortly after 6 p.m. on Saturday.

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An incident report said Burns was taken to UF Health Shands Hospital. It didn't indicate when he died.

The report also didn't say how Burns fell.

No further details were immediately available.


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