India, May 5 -- A 21-year-old Indian-origin student was left paralysed from the waist down after she fell from a balcony at a fraternity house party at University of California, Berkeley just weeks before graduating.

Bandna Bhatti suffered a devastating fall at a fraternity house party after she slipped from an external staircase at the Phi Kappa Tau house around 1 pm on April 19, according to FOX KTVU.

Bandna was attending a fraternity party on Cal Day, an annual open house for incoming freshmen and their families. She fell at least 12 feet and landed on a narrow passageway outside the frat house while striking her head on the way down.

After the tragic fall, she lay there for 15 minutes before she was found by people and taken inside...