Student attempts escape from hospital

The IU Police Department arrested an intoxicated female student Saturday morning after she attempted to escape through a bathroom ceiling in Bloomington Hospital, according to an IUPD report. The student was transported there after police responded to a call that she was unconscious in a Briscoe Quad dorm room from overconsumption of alcohol, said IUPD Capt. Jerry Minger, reading from the report.\nThe freshman, a 19-year-old resident of McNutt-Delgado, began vomiting before the ambulance arrived to take her to the hospital, Minger said.\nHer blood alcohol content was above 0.30, he said. Her BAC was taken at the hospital, said IUPD Sgt. Don Schmuhl.\nThe woman "became belligerent by being loud and cursing at the EMTs," when they arrived at the emergency room of the hospital, Minger said, reading from the report.\nThe emergency room personnel allowed the woman to use the restroom, and an ER technician waited outside the door for her, Minger said. When she did not come out or respond to knocking, the technician entered the room to find the woman making an attempt to climb into the ceiling, he said. \nThe ceiling hangers, which hold the ceiling tiles in place, then collapsed, causing half of the bathroom ceiling to fall in on the technician and the woman, Minger said. The student then began cursing and made vulgar statements to the hospital staff and stuck out her middle finger at them, Minger said. The estimated damage to the room was several hundred dollars but no one was injured in the fall, he said. \nAfter the woman was treated and released, police told her she was under arrest for illegal consumption and criminal mischief, Minger said. She was transported to Monroe County jail where she was released Saturday afternoon upon her own recognizance, said officer Jeremy Sender of the Monroe County jail.