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Woman still recovering after fall from balcony

By Times Staff Writer
Published November 11, 2005

TARPON SPRINGS - Cherilyn Blewett, 22, of Palm Harbor remained in good condition at Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg Thursday after tumbling off the balcony at Ballyhoo Grill, 900 N Pinellas Ave., Wednesday evening.

Blewett said she shattered the left side of her face and fractured her shoulder in the fall. An official from Tarpon Springs Fire Rescue said Blewett had hit an air conditioning unit before landing in the parking lot 16 feet below the balcony. Blewett said she used to work as a server at Ballyhoo and had recently graduated from college.

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