Recent Alcohol-Related Student Deaths on College Campuses

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Presented below is an unfortunate tabulation of deaths where alcohol use by college students was the cause or a contributing factor, all occurring since 2004. The goal is to place faces on these tragedies. More than reflecting a failure of the unfortunate victims, this is an adult failing. With proper application of campus polices related to alcohol use, many, if not most, of these tragedies could have been avoided. Adults, with the responsibly and authority, need met their obligation to control the excesses, whether on campuses or in our communities. Unknown is the long-term harm of binge drinking on those students fortunate enough not to be included on this list.

The information supplied for each victim is a tabulation of media reports. The circumstances and causes of the tragedies are summarized within the listing with more details contained in the associated media link. Many deaths occur on campuses which are not on this list since the media reports are not clear that alcohol was a factor. If the circumstances for each omitted tragedy could be determined, this sad listing would unfortunately expand significantly.

As time passes, we do not now know who will be added to this list. We can only hope that as it grows the unfortunate victim is not one who is close to us.

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Thomas Argentieri, 21, December 9, 2007, Alfred University

About 25 to 50 people attended the house party at a of-campus house. Thomas got into a fight with a fellow Alfred student in a yard outside the house. The house is a rental property normally occupied by students. Thomas died of injuries received in connection with the fight.

Assault associated with drinking

Stephen Adelipour, 21, February 24, 2007, Boston University

Stephen died in a fire in off-campus housing. The fire was caused by a candle left lit after a power outage; it also followed a small party in the apartment, neighbors said.

Accident associated with drinking

Rissa J. Amen-Reif, November 25, 2007, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Rissa was hit by a car and killed after ending up in the middle of a road on the edge town. She had been at a sorority event at a bar more than a mile away and police believe alcohol was a factor.

Accident- drinking associated

Justin Anderson, 19, October 28, 2007, University of South Carolina

A weekend of fun vanished in a storm of fire and smoke that killed seven college friends and left behind a gutted beach house. Six of the seven killed in the fire Sunday morning in Ocean Isle Beach, N.C., attended the University of South Carolina; and one attended Clemson University. Six other South Carolina students in the house survived. Six out of the seven college students who died had alcohol in their systems ranging from from .16 percent to .29 percent.

Accident- drinking associated

Devon Arnold, 22, February 3, 2010, Colorado State University

Devon was found dead railroad tracks after he had reportedly been consuming alcohol while in Denver for a Denver Nuggets game. Authorities suggest that an intoxicated Arnold went to a rail yard in close proximity to the Pepsi Center and jumped aboard a train.

Accident- drinking associated

Robert Atherton, 22, February 24, 2008, Michigan State University

Police reported that Robert was drinking with friends in an apartment in the Cedar Village area early Saturday when he became aggressive. They say the group he was with restrained him for several minutes, then realized he had become motionless and wasn't breathing. The group then called 911

Accident- drinking associated

Adrianna Bachan, 18, March 29, 2009, University of Southern California

Adrianna was struck by a hit-and-run driver while walking back to campus. Although the negligent driver was primarily responsible for the tragedy, Adrianna had a blood/alcohol level of .17 while walking at about 3 a.m.

Accident- drinking associated

Lynn Gordon "Gordie" Bailey Jr, September 17, 2004, University of Colorado

Bailey and the other pledges had begun the evening Sept. 16 blindfolded and abandoned in the woods near Gold Hill. Police said the pledges were told to drink large amounts of Ten High whiskey and Carlo Rossi wine.Later, when they were driven back to the fraternity house after midnight, Bailey had passed out. The next morning Bailey was found face down on the floor, and could not be revived. His blood-alcohol level was 0.328 percent, four times the legal limit for driving in Colorado.

Alcohol Poisoning

Kurt Baker, 22, February 24, 2008, Mesa College

Friends found Kurt unconscious on his bed and called 911 when they were unable to wake him up. They told the emergency dispatcher that he appeared not to be breathing. The friends tried to revive Baker with CPR. When paramedics arrived, they took over. Baker was taken to Alvarado Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. According to a student, "he had been drinking a little bit, but not excessively."

Alcohol and Drug Poisoning

Hector Hugo Barrera-Barraza, March 16, 2007,University of California, Merced

Barrera-Barraza's blood-alcohol level was 0.20 at the time of his death, 2½ times the legal limit for intoxication in California, Sheriff Mark Pazin said Thursday.

Alcohol Poisoning

Joseph Barton, 20, August 20, 2008, Michigan State University

Joseph died in an automobile accident at 1:30am. “They were both drinking — definitely heavily enough — a half gallon between the two of them,” according to a friend.

Accident- drinking associated

Dustin Michael Bauer, March 12, 2008, St. Mary's University

Dustin fell 10 feet off a stairwell and landed on the floor of a residence hall while celebrating a college basketball victory. Alcohol may have been a factor, a university spokeswoman said.

Accident- drinking associated

Adam Baxter, 19, November 24, 2007, University of Maine

Adam was at a friend’s home in Portland when an ambulance was called to the residence early Saturday morning for a report of a male having difficulty breathing. When they got there, they found Baxter unconscious and unresponsive. "Adam was declared dead at the scene.

Alcohol Poisoning

Christopher P. Berry, March 11, 2005, New Mexico State University

He had a blood-alcohol level of 0.459. following off-campus celebrations of his 22nd birthday.

Alcohol Poisoning

Bennett Bertoli, December 11, 2004, Colorado State University

Bennett was discovered lying on a couch, unresponsive, inside a home close to the CSU campus which had been the site of a party the night before. Bennett died of a lethal mix of alcohol, methadone and tranquilizers. His blood alcohol content was 0.12 percent, a level that not considered lethal by itself. The combination of the three proved fatal.

Alcohol Poisoning

Connie Blount, 18, April 13, 2008, University of Kentucky

Connie died in a hit-and-run accident crossed against the traffic signal and stopped in the street for unknown reasons when she was crossing South Broadway. The police accident report says that Connie Blount had been drinking that night before she was struck.

Accident- drinking associated

William Kiel Bobbitt, May 1, 2008, California University of Pennsylvania

William Kwas drunk when he arrived at the friend's apartment about 1 a.m. Thursday looking for a place to stay. Those who lived in the apartment discovered William dead when they woke up less than seven hours later.

Alcohol Poisoning

Tyshawn Bierria, 22, , May 2, 2008, New York State University College of Technology at Delhi

Tyshawn died from stab wounds he suffered while trying to break up a fight outside of his residence hall. The brawl involving 50 to 60 people including nonstudents convicted of the slaying who attended parties on campus.

Alcohol Enhanced Violence

Abel Bolanos, April 3, 2007, Iowa State University

Abel Bolanos left an off-campus party alone in the early morning hours of March 31. His body was found in Lake LaVerne on April 3.

Accident while intoxicated

Accident- drinking associated

Adam Boncela, July 25, 2005, Ohio State

Adam had a blood-alcohol content of 0.37 percent when he died on his 21^st birthday

Alcohol Poisoning

Meaghan Bosch, May 14, 2007, Southern Methodist University

Meaghan was found over 100 miles from Dallas, where SMU is located. “She lived one block from me in a complex of condo-apartments that on the outside looks posh and security-protected but that I have always heard is a haven of burglaries, drunken parties, drug dealing and other nefarious activities.” As expected, the deaths have raised the perennial issues of alcohol and substance abuse on college campuses, and whether universities are doing enough to proactively combat binge drinking and drug use.

Alcohol and Drug Poisoning

Colin Boyarski, April 3, 2005, Kenyon College

His body was found in a field near campus on April 3, died of acute alcohol intoxication. He had been drinking at a party near the Kenyon College campus. He had a blood-alcohol level of 0.43, more than five times the legal limit for an adult in Ohio.

Alcohol Poisoning

Caitlin Brann, 22, November 10, 2006, University of Notre Dame

Caitlin lost control of her 2000 Chevy Cavalier, which veered sideways into the median and rolled many times.a chemical test revealed she had a blood alcohol level of .249 percent. It's believed she was headed back home from school.

Accident associated with drinking

Joseph Briggs, February 15, 2009, Seton Hill University

After a night of heavy drinking Joseph, held off police for three hours standoff at an apartment just blocks away from Seton Hill's campus. HE used several weapons to fire 30 to 40 shots but only hit parked cars and a house. Joseph was eventually shot and killed by police.

Violence- drinking associated

Sammy Broadhead, June 25, 2004, University of Southern Mississippi

Sammy Broadhead, a Sigma Nu alumnus and Southern Miss grad, attended a party June 25, 2004, at his old frat house on the Hattiesburg campus. Playing a drinking game called beer pong, Sammy collapsed from high levels of alcohol consumption and later died.

Accident- drinking associated

Amber Rose Brown, 20, November 23, 2008, Grand Valley State University

Amber and Douglas Ward died after closing themselves up in a sport utility vehicle with two charcoal grills burning on the back seat. Although the cause of the deaths is noted as "undertermined," Amber, who was underage, was picture drinking that night.

Accident associated with drinking

Tommy Brown, October 29, 2005, University of Florida

Tommy had become separated from his fraternity brothers after a Florida/Georgia football game when he was cornered by a group of Georgia fans. In a confrontation was said to be fueled by alcohol, the Georgia fans proceeded to beat Tommy to death. One of the Georgia fans was said to have had a history of getting in fights when he'd been drinking. Tommy's blood alcohol level was test to approximate 0.26.

Accident- drinking associated

Kaitlyn Bryant, 20, April 6, 2008, Pearl River Community College (University of Southern Mississippi student arrested for DUI)

Kailtin’s vehicle collided head-on early Sunday with a vehicle driven by Shelby Brown, 20, a Southern Mississippi student . Brown was intoxiated at the time.

Accident- drinking associated

Edward Andrew Bump, November 2, 2007, University of Minnesota

A suit filed by Edward's parents claimed that a bar named Boomtown and its employees were negligent for serving alcohol to Bump when he was underage and obviously intoxicated, which led to his death by suicide.

Suicide associated with drinking

Travis Cale,20, October 28, 2007, University of South Carolina

A weekend of fun vanished in a storm of fire and smoke that killed seven college friends and left behind a gutted beach house. Six of the seven killed in the fire Sunday morning in Ocean Isle Beach, N.C., attended the University of South Carolina; and one attended Clemson University. Six other South Carolina students in the house survived. Six out of the seven college students who died had alcohol in their systems ranging from from .16 percent to .29 percent.

Accident- drinking associated

Adam Carter, November 17, 2007, University of Tennessee

Adam lost control of his sport utility vehicle along Montlake Drive at approximately 2:30 a.m early Saturday morning and was killed when his vehicle struck a tree in southern Knox County. According to the Sheriff’s Office, speeding and alcohol were factors in the crash.

Accident- drinking associated

Kyle Thomas Chorba, 18, December 12, 2008, Montgomery County Community College

Kyle crashed his car into a firehouse and died after leaving a party attended by his classmates. Alcohol was present.

Accident associated with drinking

Marc Anthony Cocozzella, November 13, 2007, Clemson University

Marc was thrown from the bed of a pickup truck after his friend, who is accused of driving drunk, ran into two other cars. Marc died two days later.

Accident- drinking associated

Shane Collins, March 13, 2009, Michigan State University

Shane fell to his death from an eighth-floor balcony during spring break in Miami Beach, Fla. Police investigators said Shane had been drinking from about 11 a.m. until he passed out at the bar about 4 a.m.

Accident- drinking associated

Kimberly Coppens, September 9, 2007, Western Technical College

Kimberly had a blood-alcohol level more than twice the legal limit when she fell from bluff near a river which is a popular gathering place.

Accident- drinking associated

Sean Cornell, 20, May 4, 2007, Paul Smith’s College

Drowned after canoe capsized in frigid water at 11:00PM in activity associated with a party involving alcohol Sean Cornell had BAC of .165

Accident associated with campus drinking

Jordan Crist, 19, May 3, 2007, Southern Methodist University

The SMU Daily Campus reports that first-year student Jordan Christ had a blood-alcohol level of .4. That's five times the legal limit

Alcohol Poisoning

Brenton F. Croll, 18, March 18, 2009, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

The coroner's said Brenton, a freshman, had been drinking heavily the night before he died as a result of a combination of prescription drugs and alcohol.

Alcohol and Drug Poisoning

Tyler Cross, November 17, 2006, University of Texas

Cross fell from a fifth floor balcony. He had a blood alcohol content of .19. Cross was the third student to die in West Campus in an alcohol-related death in little more than a year’s time. Cross was a pledge in the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and a member of the UT Lacrosse Club

Accident associated with campus drinking

Derek Crowl, March 16, 2007, Bloomsburg University, visiting friend at Boston University

A four-alarm fire at 49 St. Mary's St. was started by a burning piece of charcoal that ignited the rear wooden porch of the third-floor off-campus apartment. Derek had arrived in Boston on Thursday evening to celebrate St. Patrick's Day with his friends, officials said. Crowl, who was a Bloomsburg University sophomore, was found near a closet in a bedroom next to the kitchen and probably died of smoke inhalation.

Accident associated with drinking

Joseph Dado, September 20, 2009, Penn State

After being missing for hours, Joseph was found by University at the bottom of a stairwell on campus, about 75 yards away from the fraternity house where he was last seen. Earlier in the month, two Penn State students were charged with furnishing alcohol to a minor after a 19-year-old sustained serious injuries following a fall from a third-floor balcony. Joseph's blood alcohol level was .169.

Accident- drinking associated

Sheridan "Danny" Dahlquist, August 12, 2007, Bradley University

After a night of drinking, Dahlquist went to bed in a house just off campus. As a joke, prosecutors say his friends slid two Roman candles - fireworks that shoot fireballs - under the bedroom door.

Accident- drinking associated

Danny Daniels, 19, January 7, 2006, California State University at Fresno

January 7, 2006, there was a party at the Fiji house. Sunday morning, Daniels was found dead in his bed. The coroner reported his blood alcohol level was 0.34, and that alcohol toxicity had caused his death.

Accident while intoxicated

Mark Brandon Davis, October 7, 2005, North Carolina State University

Unattended smoking material set a chair on fire in an off-campus duplex rented by the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity, according to the fire report. Davis had been drinking and had a blood-alcohol level of .110.

Accident associated with drinking

Justin Richard Delval, 21, March 20, 2009, Texas A&M University

After drinking heavily while in Florida on spring break, Justin was found dead the following morning

Accident- drinking associated

Ciara DePrill, February 4, 2006, Temple University

Ciara was killed early on a Friday morning after the car she was riding in hit a concrete barrier on the Ben Franklin Bridge, police said.The driver, also a Temple student, was charged with driving under the influence, homicide by vehicle and involuntary manslaughter.

Accident- drinking associated

Jay Franklin Derby, 20, November 22, 2009, Appalachian State University

Jay was fatally shot while attending a party with friends in an apartment near the university. A friend pointed a black-powder muzzleloader rifle only to scare his friends not knowing the gun was loaded.

Accident- drinking associated

Gary DeVercelly Jr, March 28, 2007, Rider University

Gary Jr., who succumbed after slipping into an alcohol-induced coma following a night of drinking at an on-campus frat party. Gary had a blood alcohol content of .426 and died of alcohol poisoning,

Alcohol Poisoning

Douglas R. DeWitt, September 26, 2004, San Diego State University

DeWitt died during Pledge Week for fraternities and sororities. University officials say the Greek parties were policed to keep them alcohol-free.

Alcohol Poisoning

Thomas Lee Dillon, III, May 25, 2005, University of Virginia (non student partying with student friends)

In October 2004 one of the UVA students, who had been one of his best friends since grade school moved in with Lee temporarily. On Memorial day, he and his friend Brad went to a private party at a fellow student's home. The house was very secluded with acreage and included UVA students and young people from the area. They had an ice luge and apparently, dares for who could drink the most from the luge. Both boys were drinking. Lee feel asleep and never woke up.

Alcohol Poisoning

Jared Dion, April 10, 2004, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, 21

He had a blood-alcohol content of 0.40. Dion was first pulled from the water April 15 after disappearing five days before,

Accident while intoxicated

Michael A. Douglas, 19, September 14, 2007, Lincoln University

Early Friday, Michael A. Douglas, 19, a Lincoln University student from Easton, was shot outside an Allentown nightclub hosting an all-ages college party.

Accident- drinking associated

Shawn Dow. November 17, 2007, Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University

The Friday night party started off low-key, with about 20 college students and other young adults chatting and sipping beer inside a fourth-floor apartment in Boston's Allston neighborhood. Then, about 1:30 a.m. yesterday, three uninvited men showed up at the door. One party crasher got into a heated argument with a woman inside the apartment, touching off a brawl in the building's stairwell that involved about 20 males. Shawn apparently, and accidentally, fell off the building's black-top roof, landing in an alley.

Accident- drinking associated

Lee Drelles, 19, September 21, 2008, Michigan Tech

Lee died in a crash that occurred just south of the Michigan Technological University campus. Lee was thrown from the vehicle after it hit a tree. The vehicle rolled several times. Toxicology reports show that another student who was driving had a blood alcohol level of .15, which is well over the legal limit.

Accident- drinking associated

Zach Dunlevy, December 10, 2006, Limestone College

Zachary was drinking for about four hours at a liquor-only party and became belligerent. Friends helped him back to his dormitory room and a roommate found him unresponsive and ‘‘blue in the face’’ in his bed. He had died from an alcohol overdose according to police.

Alcohol Poisoning

Linzy Duvall, 21 March 28, 2009, Grand Valley State University

Linzy was found dead in her off-campus apartment. Linzy became very ill after a night out with friends . A medical examiner determined that aspiration pneumonia due to alcohol intoxication caused Linzy’s death. Tess showed her blood/alcohol level may have been near 0.12.

Alcohol Poisoning

Kenneth Egan, 21, July 30, 2006, Oklahoma State University,

Kenneth died after a fire at the home of other students he was visiting after a night of drinking.

Accident- drinking associated

April Englund, 21. April 5, 2008, University of Wisconsin-Stout

A smoky house fire near a University of Wisconsin campus killed three students who never made it out of the rooms where they were sleeping early Saturday, even though neighbors said they heard alarms. As part of the investigation, the police conducted multiple interviews in an attempt to re-create what took place before the fire. They learned was that all three had been consuming alcoholic beverages.

Accident- drinking associated

Andrew Enriquez, September 14, 2007, University of Florida

Andrew died in a car crash around 2:40 a.m. Friday. He was wearing an arm bracelet that may have been from a local bar and investigators are examining whether he was using an ID that wasn't his.

Accident- drinking associated

Adam Falcon, November 2004, St. Lawrence University

In November 2004, St. Lawrence University campus police launched a nationwide Amber alert search for 20 year old student Adam Falcon. Falcon was eventually found dead in the Grass River. He had drowned after his night of drinking.

Accident associated with campus drinking

Donald Farrell, 19, October 28, 2007, Rowan University

Donald was walking from his off-campus apartment complex with three friends, shortly after 9 p.m., when five men approached him and asked about the location of a party. As he pointed to his apartment complex, the Beau Rivage Apartments, he was attacked and beaten to death.

Drinking associated assault

Karl Fazli; 21, February 14, 2007, Wittenberg University

According to police reports, Fazli's housemate found him unresponsive at 10 a.m. at a Park Place address where the two had attended a party the night before. The housemate left and returned the next morning. Witnesses told police Fazli had been drinking heavily.

Alcohol Poisoning

Matthew Felton, 21, September 28, 2008, Maine Maritime Academy

Students Matthew Felton and a driver died instantly when their car was hit by a pickup truck that crossed the centerline in an attempt to avoid striking the driver's vehicle which was said to have swicthed lanes. The student driver's reported blood/alcohol level was .125 and empty containers were found in his vehicle.

Accident- drinking associated

David Ferguson, October 31, 2004, University of Florida

David was last seen around 1:00 a.m. Saturday following a night of partying with two friends and thousands of others on the night before the Georgia-Florida football game. After being missing for days, his body was found in an opening between the garage and another building where authorities concluded he fell.

Accident- drinking associated

Samuel Paul Finn, September 23, 2007, East Carolina University

Samuel's injuries were consistent with those from a fistfight. He had also drunk beer, smoked marijuana and taken Xanax, a medication used to treat anxiety disorders. The cause of death was a brain hemorrhage that is typical of one suffered by someone who is intoxicated and receives a blow to the chin.

Drinking associated assault

John Fiocco Jr., 19, March 25, 2006, The College of New Jersey

John disappeared after his friends left him sleeping after a night of drinking. After John's disappearance, friends told police that he had gotten drunk at an off-campus party and fallen asleep in a friend's room in his dorm shortly before 3 a.m. They first noticed Fiocco missing when they returned to the room around 10 a.m. John's remains were found in a Bucks County landfill a month later.

Alcohol Poisoning

Lewis Fish, January, 22 2006, University of Georgia

Lewis died of drug and alcohol overdose in his dorm room, mixing a fatal dose of heroin and cocaine with alcohol. Seven individuals, including four UGA students, were charged in connection to the investigation into his death.

Alcohol and Drug Poisoning

Jenna Foellmi, December 14, 2007, Winona State

Jenna was found dead in her apartment on the morning of December 14th. Police say she was seen consuming alcohol for much of the previous day. Police say she began drinking after taking her last final exam of the semester, then she attended several parties. The coroner said Jenna died of acute alcohol poisoning.

Alcohol Poisoning

Stephen M. Futey IV, January 14, 2009, Youngstown State University

Stephen was found unresponsive as result of an overdose of alcohol and drugs.

Alcohol and Drug Poisoning

Nikolas Gallegos, October 7, 2007, Stephen F. Austin State University

Nikolas was at a gathering a on North University Drive. Too many beers caused Nik to collapse. His friends rushed him to the hospital. He died from from alcohol poisoning.

Alcohol Poisoning

Michelle Gardner-Quinn, October 7, 2006, University of Vermont

Michelle was last seen on a Saturday night shortly after 2:30 a.m. walking back to campus after a night out at downtown bars with friends. Police said she was walking with a man whose cellphone she had borrowed. Brian Rooney,a the 37-year-old Richmond man, is charged with sexually assaulting and then killing Michelle after he loaned her his cell phone on Burlington's Main Street

Assault associated with drinking

Nicholas Garza, February 5, 2008, Middlebury College

Nick vanished and drowned in February and was found three months later. Nick used a fake ID to buy alcohol Feb. 3, and the transaction was captured on surveillance cameras, Middlebury Police said. Nick brought the drinks to share with five friends during a dorm-room gathering two nights later, the last time he was seen,

Accident- drinking associated

Laura Ann Gorman, February 2006, Eckerd College

Laura was a passenger in a car driven by her friend attending the University of South Florida. After a night of drinking at a bar Laura was killed in a car accident. Her friend faces jail time resulting from a DWI charge which resulted in a death.

Accident while intoxicated

Brett Gould, November 04, 2007, Maine Maritime Academy

Speed and alcohol were factors in the crash in which Brett died Sunday night, according to the Maine State Police. Two other 18-year-old men escaped serious injury in the accident.

Accident- drinking associated

Brett Griffin, November 8, 2008, University of Delaware

Paramedics were called to an off-campus house just before 3 a.m. where police found 18-year-old Brett in cardiac arrest and not breathing. Brett had been attending a fraternity function at the Sigma Alpha Mu house that evening. He was a pledge member of the fraternity. Police believe the likely cause of death was an alcohol overdose.

Alcohol and Drug Poisoning

Kristine Guest, February 6, 2005, Paul Smith's College

Kristine was a passenger on the snowmobile that crashed into Peter's Rock, a peninsula near a lake bonfire bonfire party.

Accident associated with campus drinking

Blake Adam Hammontree, 19, September 30, 2004, University of Oklahoma

He was found dead Thursday morning in the residential area of the Sigma Chi fraternity house. Since Hammontree's death, OU President David Boren has said all social activities at the fraternity house would cease and that a supervisor will be placed in the house to assure compliance. Hammontree's death is the third confirmed alcohol-related death at U.S. colleges this fall.

Alcohol Poisoning

Scott A. Hams, 23, April 5, 2008, University of Wisconsin-Stout

A smoky house fire near a University of Wisconsin campus killed three students who never made it out of the rooms where they were sleeping early Saturday, even though neighbors said they heard alarms. As part of the investigation, the police conducted multiple interviews in an attempt to re-create what took place before the fire. They learned was that all three had been consuming alcoholic beverages.

Accident- drinking associated

Brian Jason Hardin, 27, April 16, 2008, University of Kentucky

Brian was walking near the intersection of Woodland Avenue and Maxwell Street when he fell about 4:30 a.m. on Wednesday after a night out with friends at a nearby bar.. Hardin was taken to University of Kentucky Hospital, where he died 10 hours later from a traumatic brain injury.

Accident- drinking associated

Morgan Harrington, 20, October, 2009, Virginia Tech

Morgan had temporally left a Metallica concert alone. When denied reentry, Morgan attempted to return to campus but was not seen again for months. After a lengthy and public search, her body was found in a field in January. Police reported that Morgan had been drinking at the concert.

Violence- drinking associated

Thomas Ryan Hauser, 23, September 19, 2004, Virginia Tech

Thomas' friends carried him back from a bar and put him on his right side on the living room floor to let him sleep it off. His roommates thought he was still sleeping it off when they found him on the floor the next morning, but he had died during the early morning hours, Two other college students were hospitalized over the weekend for alcohol poisoning, but both recovered.

Alcohol Poisoning

Dalton Eli Hawkins, April 24 , 2009, University of Kansas

Dalton was found dead outside a dorm on campus. On Thursday night, Dalton accompanied other fraternity members on a bus trip to go see a Kansas City Wizards game. He said there had been some drinking on the bus as it left for the game. Dalton had consumed alcohol before he fell to his death from the three-story Watkins Scholarship Hall.

Accident- drinking associated

Rich Hegerich, November 21, 2004, University of New Hampshire

Rich was walking home from a party when struck by a car driven another student who had been drinking at another party near campus. The accident happened just outside the UNH campus.

Accident- drinking associated

Jennifer Herschkowitz, May 4, 2007, Quinnipiac University

At 10:30 p.m. April 28 Jennifer was crossing Whitney Avenue near the intersection of Sherman Avenue. She was struck by a car. She was found to be legally intoxicated

Accident while intoxicated

Victoria Hickman, 18, November 27, 2006, York College of Pennsylvania.

Victoria Hickman died of alcohol poisoning at a dry campus. Her blood-alcohol level was 0.33 percent

Alcohol Poisoning

Lucas Homan, 21, September 30, 2006, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

Lucus was reported missing on a Saturday night and was found Monday morning having drowned in the Mississippi River. His blood-alcohol level was 0.32

Accident- drinking associated

Robert M. Hurt, 21, March 9, 2008, Bradley University

21-year-old Bradley University student Robert Hurt died after police say his friend 19-year-old Brandon Gish pushed him into the street when the two were playing around. Police say the accident was alcohol related. Hurt's preliminary blood-alcohol content was 0.197 percent.

Accident- drinking associated

Abigail Isabela, October 20, 2005, University of California-Santa Barbara

Abigail Isabela was not wearing a seatbelt when she was ejected from the car, driven by 19-year-old Santa Barbara City College student who was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and felony vehicular manslaughte. Three other passengers in the car were also transported to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital for observation and treatment.

Accident associated with drinking

William Jacobson, 19, April 28, 2008, Ithaca College

William was last seen between 3:30–4:00 a.m. on Sunday, April 27, in the backyard of a home in the City of Ithaca. William had attended a party at that address and was last seen walking back to his room in on campus. New York State Police divers found William's body in a pond less than a 10th of a mile from the college's public safety building.

Accident- drinking associated

Bradley Jameson, 18, September 15, 2007, University of Mississippi

Bradley fell from a tree while retrieving a football outside a fraternity house at 345AM. Test showed his blood/alcohol level to be twice the legal limit for driving.

Accident- drinking associated

Amanda Jax, October 30, 2007, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Amanda, a former student, returned to Mankato to celebrate her 21st birthday with friends with whom she had attended college. Amanda was taken to a friend's off-campus apartment after becoming intoxicated. When the friends woke up in the morning, they found Jacks unresponsive and called 911.

Alcohol Poisoning

Derek Kyle Jensen, 23, October 27, 2007, University of Nevada, Reno

Police said Taukitoku, Manu and two teen relatives crashed a party at a Heatheridge Lane home rented by UNR students. Authorities said the shootings stemmed from Taukitoku bumping into UNR basketball player Tyrone Hanson on the dance floor, resulting in their beating of Hanson. "Then, shots rang out, and three boys were dead."

Drinking associated assault

Meredith Kenneff, 20, March 12, 2005, Duquesne University

Sorority member collapsed at an off-campus party. She apparently was drinking for much of he day.

Alcohol Poisoning

Christopher Kernich, 23, November 21, 2009, Kent State University

Christopher lost his life in an “unprovoked” attack by three Akron students who were attending a fraternity party in Kent that night. The confrontation occurred after the three left the party and almost hit Christopher’s group with their car. Alcohol surely fueled the confrontation.

Violence- drinking associated

Babur Z. Khalique, September 19, 2009, Boston University

Babur fell from a third floor apartment balcony after drinking alcohol through the day and evening.

Accident- drinking associated

Warren Kimber IV, 20, January 31, 2009, Hobart and William Smith College

Warren lived on campus, but he was found dead at the residence of a friend. Authorities said several lacrosse players were at a party at the house the night before Kimber was found. Neighbors of the house where Kimber was found said there had been a party the night before.

Accident associated with drinking

Pravesh Kumar, May 6, 2007, Texas A&M

Two students found in the apartment complex's swimming pool. Kingsville police have not determined the cause of their deaths, but police Chief Ricardo Torres said Sunday the deaths appeared to be accidental and that evidence indicated both men had been consuming alcohol

Accident while intoxicated

Patrick Kycia, September 23, 2005, Minnesota State University-Moorhead

Patrick Kycia was found dead five days after a fraternity party. HIs body was found five days later in the Red River where he drowned. Test showed a blood/alcohol level of .17. Six were arrested for supplying alcohol to minors

Accident while intoxicated

Kelly Laughery, 20, December 3, 2005, Iowa State University

A fellow ISU student who was driving drunk hit her and drove away.

Accident associated with campus drinking

James Liegl, July 5, 2007, UW-Eau Claire

James died when struck by a train just after crashing is car into a cement barrier near the tracks. James blood alcohol level was .274 at time of the accident.

Accident- drinking associated

Griffen James Lollis, May 15, 2007, Lander University

Four people were charged with assault after authorities said they wrote sexually explicit statements on Griffen who passed out at a party and later died in a drunken driving crash.

Accident- drinking associated

Samantha Loy, 18, February 1, 2009, Mesa State

Samantha died when her car rolled over while likely texting. She had recently been pulled over suspected of DUI, but was allowed to continue. The extent of alcohol impairment is still to be determined.

Accident associated with drinking

Devin Lurain, 19, October 26, 2007, Florida Gulf Coast University

Devin, a first-year student majoring in pre-management, was found dead in his dorm room early Friday afternoon by his roommate. He died accidentally from "acute ethanol and oxycodone toxicity," essentially partying too hard the previous night with friends. He had a blood alcohol content of 0.376, and also had traces of marijuana in his system.

Alcohol Poisoning

Dylan Lyford, 19, February 14, 2009, University of Maine

Dylan attended a party at a residence that started Saturday night and carried over into Sunday morning, where police confirmed that he was drinking. Between 1:30 and 2:30 a.m. Sunday, Lyford was found at the bottom of a flight of stairs leading into the base-ment and was brought back upstairs to the apartment. Dylan Lyford died of serious bleeding from a skull fracture.

Accident- drinking associated

Kevin MacDonald, 21, June 14, 2008, University of Washington

Kevin tumbled from his third-floor fraternity bedroom last month and sustained fatal head injuries. An officer concluded that MacDonald, a junior at the University of Washington, had been out drinking and could easily have slipped and fallen while climbing the ladder to his top bunk at Alpha Sigma Phi just before 4:30 a.m.

Accident- drinking associated

Timothy MacLeod, September 13, 2008, Roger Williams University

Timothy died when he was thrown from a car driven by his friend after he lost control of his car while traveling north over the Mt. Hope Bridge at about 11:30 p.m. Police said the friend was driving drunk when he lost control of his Subaru, slammed into the walls on either side of the bridge and collided with an oncoming car.

Accident- drinking associated

Vijay Mahadevan, May 6, 2007, Texas A&M

Two students found in the apartment complex's swimming pool. Kingsville police have not determined the cause of their deaths, but police Chief Ricardo Torres said Sunday the deaths appeared to be accidental and that evidence indicated both men had been consuming alcohol

Accident while intoxicated

Ryan Maher, January 15, 2009, St. Thomas Aquinas College

Ryan died in an automobile accident after drinking in a bar with his friend.

Accident associated with drinking

Lauren Mahon, October 28, 2007, University of South Carolina

A weekend of fun vanished in a storm of fire and smoke that killed seven college friends and left behind a gutted beach house. Six of the seven killed in the fire Sunday morning in Ocean Isle Beach, N.C., attended the University of South Carolina; and one attended Clemson University. Six other South Carolina students in the house survived. Six out of the seven college students who died had alcohol in their systems ranging from from .16 percent to .29 percent. Lauren did not have alcohol in her system.

Accident- drinking associated

Wilson “Willie” Maldonado, November 10, 2006, LaSalle University

Wilson died after driving the wrong way on eastbound I-76; he slammed his car into oncoming traffic. He was driving while under the influence of alcohol.

Accident while intoxicated

Jody Martyniak, January 22, 2006, Bridgewater State College

Two Bridgewater State College students were arrested in the stabbing death of an alumnus outside a popular local bar last week, officials said, in a crime that had spread fear across the normally quiet campus.

Assault associated with drinking

Francis J. Marx V, May 20, 2004, Involving University of Rhode Island students

Francis was in Newport to attend a Wheaton College-sponsored formal dance with his girlfriend. After the dance, Marx and his friends headed downtown to go to a club when they got into a fight with some URI students in town for a pub crawl. Marx either fell or was pushed into Thames Street and run over by a charter bus carrying URI students back to campus. Francis' blood-alcohol content was .249. He would have consumed 17 to 18 drinks to reach that level.

Assault associated with drinking

Rhiannon McCuish, 21, February 24, 2007, Boston University

Rhiannon died in a fire in off-campus housing. The fire was caused by a candle left lit after a power outage; it also followed a small party in the apartment, neighbors said.

Accident associated with drinking

Brian McMillen, 22, November 21, 2009, Michigan State

Brian was found unresponsive in his fraternity house bed at about 5 a.m early Saturday morning. Brianand others had been "hanging out" Friday night and had been drinking. Authorities believe alcohol was a likely contributing factor with possible health issues also a factor.

Sarah Merritt, March 21, 2007, Ohio University

Sarah fell from a fifth-floor hotel balcony at the Hilton Head and died from head injuries. She had an elevated alcohol level, and that it was believed alcohol contributed to her death.

Accident while intoxicated

Desiree Mesolella, 19, June 22, 2008, Adelphi University

Desiree was riding with her friend on Long Island, near campus. The driver was arrested and charged with second-degree manslaughter, vehicular manslaughter and driving while intoxicated among other charges.

Accident- drinking associated

Patricia Miguel, 30 (nonstudent), October 27, 2009, Hit by Cal State-Fullerton student

Sally Miguel, 44, and her passenger, Patricia Miguel, 30, both died of injuries suffered when their 2009 Chevy Silverado was hit head-on by a vehicle driven by Jessica Shekell, a student at Cal State-Fullerton. Ms. Shekell was charges with DUI when her blood alcohol level was determined to be .26 percent approximately 45 minutes after the collision.

Accident- drinking associated

Sally Miguel, 44 (nonstudent), October 27, 2009, Hit by Cal State-Fullerton student

Sally Miguel, 44, and her passenger, Patricia Miguel, 30, both died of injuries suffered when their 2009 Chevy Silverado was hit head-on by a vehicle driven by Jessica Shekell, a student at Cal State-Fullerton. Ms. Shekell was charges with DUI when her blood alcohol level was determined to be .26 percent approximately 45 minutes after the collision.

Accident- drinking associated

Daniel Miller, 23, April 25, 2009, University of Idaho

Daniel Miller Miller died after a night of drinking. Daniel and a group of friends began in a bar and later played drinking games in an appartment. Daniel had a blood alcohol level of .45.

Alcohol Poisoning

Tony Lee Miller, 22, January 13, 2008, South Central College

Tony's death has been ruled accidental due to acute alcohol poisoning. His blood-alcohol concentration was .435.

Alcohol Poisoning

Kara Morgan, September 12, 2009, University of Kansas

Kara’s car was struck by another car driving the wrong way on the highway. While the intoxicated driver of the other car was primarily responsible for the tragedy, the police concluded that the intoxication level of both drivers were contributors to the accident.

Accident- drinking associated

Luke Murphy, 19, March 30, 2009, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

A lethal combination of alcohol and a prescription drug - Suboxone - likely played a role in Luke's death who was found dead Monday in a dorm suite.

Alcohol and Drug Poisoning

Daniel Myers, 22, August 27, 2008, University of Wisconsin

Daniel died in a car that crashed into a tree. Alcohol and speed were "significant contributing factors" to the crash that killed three UW-Madison students.

Accident- drinking associated

Jackie Nilsson, October 21, 2005, Bridgewater State College

A Toyota Camry racing down Spring Street plowed into three friends waiting outside the popular pub near campus for a shuttle bus to take them home after celebrating a birthday. Jacqueline was thrown 30 feet into the air and was dead when she arrived the Hospital. The driver, 19, prosecutors say had a blood alcohol level 11 times the legal limit for someone her age, high enough to make the average-sized adult black out.

Accident- drinking associated

Erik Nistad, April 11, 2009, Penn State

Erik was killed instantly when he crashed a car into a tree. He was driving under the influence of alcohol with a .20 percent blood alcohol.

Accident- drinking associated

Raphael Nunez, 18, May 7, 2009, UC Irvine

Raphael was killed while walking across the I-405 freeway last week. Although 18-years-old, he had been drinking with friends while traveling to a nightclub. A friend said: "I've drank with Ralph plenty of times and I know he can handle his liquor."

Accident- drinking associated

Keith M. Orzech, 21, July 21, 2005, Fairleigh Dickinson University

After a night of drinking with friends, Keith fell through a four-story window at his Fairleigh Dickinson University dormitory. A jury found the University equally responsible with Keith as result of FDU's failure to properly enforce the alcohol policies on its campus. However, a New Jersey appellate court threw out the verdict citing the state’s charitable immunity statute.

Accident- drinking associated

Arman Partamian, February 28, 2009, SUNY Geneseo

Arman was found dead in a bed. He was pledging a group, which police call a "drinking club." In a two-minute telephone call to 911 , a resident assistant said: "The Pigs were forcing these individuals to drink entire bottles of alcohol around the fire and they were, like, falling over and vomiting and just extreme, like, hazing."

Alcohol Poisoning

Rachel Payne, September 12, 2004, University of Delaware

Walking intoxicated from a frat party, Rachel died on a railroad track in the early morning

Accident while intoxicated

Matthew Pearlstone, March 17, 2006, Cornell University (while visiting University of Virginia)

Died of alcohol poisoning in a Univ. of Virginia resident hall while visiting a friend while on spring break.

Alcohol Poisoning

Cassidy Pendley, 18, October 28, 2007, University of South Carolina

A weekend of fun vanished in a storm of fire and smoke that killed seven college friends and left behind a gutted beach house. Six of the seven killed in the fire Sunday morning in Ocean Isle Beach, N.C., attended the University of South Carolina; and one attended Clemson University. Six other South Carolina students in the house survived. Six out of the seven college students who died had alcohol in their systems ranging from from .16 percent to .29 percent.

Accident- drinking associated

Isaac Perrault., February 15, 2008, University of Tulsa

An acquaintance of Perrault's reported to campus security that Perrault had become unresponsive. Paramedics could not revive him. Police say witnesses told them Isaac Perrault was drinking and injected himself with illegal drugs on Friday night.

Alcohol and Drug Poisoning

Ricardo Petrillo: September 18, 2005. Qunnipiac University

Ricardo died early today after falling from a third-floor dormitory balcony at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, police said.

Accident associated with campus drinking

Phanta "Jack" Phoummarath, December 10, 2005, University of Texas

He was found dead in the Lambda Phi Epsilon house on Dec. 10, 2005. Phoummarath died with a blood alcohol content of .41.

Alcohol Poisoning

John Allan Pickett, Jr, February 24, 2006, Frostburg State University

Asphyxiated after vomiting while intoxicated. He was found unconscious in the off-campus house he shared with other students.

Alcohol Poisoning

Mike Pietrzak, September 29, 2007, University of Nevada-Reno

Michael had gone to the UNR football game on Saturday with some friends and later returned to their home on 15th Street. He was fatally injured after a fall down some stairs. His friends reported that the group had been drinking,

Accident- drinking associated

Cody Pilkington, October 7, 2005, North Carolina State University

Unattended smoking material set a chair on fire in an off-campus duplex rented by the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity, according to the fire report. The fire stated at the time a party was ongoing in the building.

Accident associated with drinking

Lindsey Plank, 23, Stoughton, , August 27, 2008, University of Wisconsin

Lindsey died in a car that crashed into a tree. Alcohol and speed were "significant contributing factors" to the crash that killed three UW-Madison students.

Accident- drinking associated

Andrew Polakowski, 18, September 7, 2006, Ohio State University

Andy was the last of 25 of students to enter an elevator on the third floor of Stradley Hall when it began to unexpectedly descend towards the lobby with the elevator doors open. Police reports said Polakowski had been drinking before the accident but didn't appear intoxicated.

Accident associated with campus drinking

Shirley Jennifer Poliakoff, May 6, 2007, San Diego State University

She came home late Saturday night with friends after attending several social events. Authorities confirmed that the cause of Shirley Jennifer death was acute cocaine and alcohol intoxication.

Alcohol and Drug Poisoning

Seth Policzer, 21, November 9, 2007, Rochester Institute of Technology

An artificial log burning in an unscreened fireplace triggered an inferno in an off-campus house that killed Seth and Syed Ali Turab. Both had blood-alcohol levels about twice the legal limit for driving, but it's not known "how badly that affected their decision-making that night or their alertness,"

Accident- drinking associated

Willie Poon, 22, May 3, 2008, Binghamton University

Willie died and another student was charged with vehicular manslaughter following a Friday night accident . They were driving back to BU from Ithaca, where Cornell University had hosted Slope Day -- an end-of-classes celebration featuring dancing, music and beer.

Accident- drinking associated

Richard Putze, 22, August 27, 2008, University of Wisconsin

Richard died in a car that crashed into a tree. Alcohol and speed were "significant contributing factors" to the crash that killed three UW-Madison students.

Accident- drinking associated

Benjamin Quaye, February 7, 2010, UC Santa Cruz

Benjamin lost his life in an accident near railroad tracks where he had suffered severe head injuries. Benjamin had recently left a bar where he had cause a disturbance which required calling the police who believe that his alcohol level contributed to the accident.

Accident- drinking associated

Kyle Quinn, 19, September 7, 2007, Kutztown State University

Kyle was beaten to death on a downtown sidewalk early Friday and three men were arrested in the attack. The three were charged with assault and the district attorney said he anticipated filing homicide charges, pending an autopsy scheduled for Saturday.

Drinking associated assault

Ali Raddatz 18, February 28, 2009, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Ali had taken prescription painkillers and was drinking raspberry rum in her dorm room Friday night. She then went with friends to a party. She was last seen alive when she was moved from a bedroom into the living room at about 2:30 a.m. Ali was snoring and never woke up as she was being moved.

Alcohol and Drug Poisoning

Scot Radel, 21, February 2, 2006, St. Cloud State University

Scot was found dead in the Mississippi River. An autopsy showed Radel's blood-alcohol level was 0.215 percent.

Accident- drinking associated

Joshua Rau, February 6, 2005, Paul Smith's College

Joshua was driving a snowmobile around a bonfire party when the vehicle crashed into a peninsula.

Accident associated with campus drinking

Brian Reams, March 4, 2007, University of Oregon

After a night of drinking, Brian was struck by a automobile driven by another student who was also out drinking. Reams had a blood alcohol content of .26 percent, which is about three times Oregon's legal limit. Since the driver was not located until the next day, it is not known whether hes was intoxicated.

Accident- drinking associated

Samuel Reed, 19, September. 1, 2007, University of Pittsburgh

Samuel lost his life when struck by an intoxicated hit and run driver while Samuel was crossing a parkway at 2:30 a.m. Samuel had a blood alcohol level of about 0.08 percent, at the time he was walking across the highway.

Accident- drinking associated

Philip E. Rehders, October 8, 2008, Franklin and Marshall College

Police were called to the common area of a suite in Thomas Hall shortly before 5 a.m. Sunday and found Philip unresponsive. A recent graduate, Philip was visiting the campus. His death was attributed to alcohol abuse.

Alcohol Poisoning

Christopher Reynolds, 21, September 15, 2007, Kutztown State University

Christopher was killed in Lyons early Saturday when an oncoming train hit him as he walked along the tracks. The Norfolk-Southern conductor said he saw Reynolds walking unsteadily toward the train before the impact but couldn't stop in time.

Accident- drinking associated

William Rhea, 18, October 28, 2007, University of South Carolina

A weekend of fun vanished in a storm of fire and smoke that killed seven college friends and left behind a gutted beach house. Six of the seven killed in the fire Sunday morning in Ocean Isle Beach, N.C., attended the University of South Carolina; and one attended Clemson University. Six other South Carolina students in the house survived. Six out of the seven college students who died had alcohol in their systems ranging from from .16 percent to .29 percent.

Accident- drinking associated

Amanda Jean Rief, 20, April 5, 2008, University of Wisconsin-Stout

A smoky house fire near a University of Wisconsin campus killed three students who never made it out of the rooms where they were sleeping early Saturday, even though neighbors said they heard alarms. As part of the investigation, the police conducted multiple interviews in an attempt to re-create what took place before the fire. They learned was that all three had been consuming alcoholic beverages.

Accident- drinking associated

Stuart John Robertson, 21, May 2, 2009, Washington State University

Stuart was found on the side of a highway. Witnesses were with Stuart at a party where alcohol was consumed. Stuart was seen leaving the party around midnight. Police believe that Stuart walked near an area of cliffs and apparently fell about 40 feet to his death.

Accident- drinking associated

Erica Rose, 19, November 20, 2009, University of Rhode Island

Erica was a passenger in a car when it swerved into the median and hit the guardrail. The car skidded across two northbound traffic lanes and stopped in the breakdown lane at around 1:30 a.m. Erica did not survive the crash. The URI student drive was arrested for driving under the influence.

Accident- drinking associated

Ryan Rosman, November 5, 2009, Michigan State University

Ryan was at Joe Louis Arena for a Detroit Red Wings game when he somehow got underneath a bus which dragged him about 3,300 feet into an intersection. Ryan's blood alcohol content was test to be about .14 .

Accident- drinking associated

Kirsten Ross, 20, April 15, 2008, California State University

Kirsten driver of a car that crashed into a fire truck in downtown Sacramento. Kristen had a blood-alcohol content of .06 percent, according to police investigators. Alcohol was the primary factor in a car crash between a firetruck and a passenger car that left two women dead according to investigators.

Accident- drinking associated

Alex Ruiz, 22, February 14, 2009, Berkeley Art School (In accident caused by intoxicated Sonoma State University student)

Alex was killed in an alcohol-related crash on Valentine’s Day by an 18-year-old, intoxicated student driver of the car that hit him. The drivers’ blood-alcohol level was 0.15 percent.

Accident- drinking associated

Peter Sand, 21, August 6, 2008, visiting friends near Hamline University

Peter was found dead Tuesday morning in the living room of the home of his cousin, who lives east of Hamline University. Peter had been drinking the night before at a 21st birthday party for his cousin, Ozzie Sand, a junior and a football player at Hamline.

Accident- drinking associated

Steve Saucedo March 26, 2004, University of California (UC), Berkeley

At spring break celebration among friends Steve drank himself to death during a contest to see who could consume the most alcohol,

Alcohol Poisoning

John-Paul Sbragia-Zoricic, 20, September 27, 2008, Chico State

A Union Pacific train struck junior John-Paul about 3:30 a.m. Sunday on the tracks north of West First Street. Police investigating the death of John-Paul believe alcohol was a contributing factor.

Accident- drinking associated

William Cameron Schlifke, November 24, 2008, Christopher Newport University

William died in a three car accident where all of the drivers were students of Christopher Newport University. The driver of the car which cause the collisions refused to be tested for driving under the influence at the site.

Alcohol Poisoning

Michael Scrocca, 23, April 30, 2005, University of Maryland

Michael died after he couldn't escape a fire that began on the porch of his College Park house after a party. The offending student was arrested on arson and murder charges.

Accident- drinking associated

Nadia Shaheen, 62, November 11, 2005, Murray State

Nadia Shaheen died from face and neck injuries when she was struck by a vehicle four to six hours before her body was found in the ditch. A Murray State student was convicted of wanton murder, drunken driving and other charges

Accident- drinking associated

Alcohol and Drug Poisoning

Kyle Sharbonno, April 1, 2007, University of Minnesota

Kyle Sharbonno fell from the third floor of a parking garage and died. Two students have been charged with providing alcoholic beverages to a minor that resulted in death.

Accident- drinking associated

Raisa D. Sheikh, April 25, 2009, Appalachian State University

Raisa D. Sheikh died from an apparent accidental overdose of alcohol. The alcohol content in her blood was 4 to 5 times the legal limit when she died.

Alcohol Poisoning

Jordan Shirey, September 13, 2007, Bowling Green State University

Jordan was found dead Thursday afternoon in a house on the 100 block of North Summit Street. He was found dead by paramedics after friends called 911 at 12:30 p.m. to say that Shirey was unconscious.

Alcohol Poisoning

Landon Siela, 21, August 22, 2009, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne-

Three students had been drinking alcoholic beverages and were playing around with an airsoft gun. One estimated drinking about four beers and taking three shots that day. The friends intended to play a joke on Landon by pointing firearms, which they believed to be unloaded, at Siela as he exited a bathroom. Landon was killed when the .45-caliber handgun one of the was holding inadvertently discharged, striking him in the neck.

Accident- drinking associated

Austin Slanker-Wilson, 18, August 15, 2008, Coffeyville Community College

After one day of classes, and what authorities say was too much alcohol, a freshman student turns up dead. Authorities said the cause was too much alcohol.

Alcohol Poisoning

Courtland Benjamin Smith, August 22, 2009, University of North Carolina

Courtland died during a period erratic behavior when he stated that he was drunk after leaving a frat party. Prior to his death, Courtland told a county 911 dispatcher that he was drunk, driving at a high rate of speed, had a 9 mm Glock handgun, was suicidal, and wanted police officers to stop him. Police said they stopped Courtland just before 5 a.m. During the traffic stop, some sort of confrontation ensued, and the officer shot and killed Smith. Courtland’s blood alcohol level was found to be approximately .22.

Violence- drinking associated

Gerald Smith, May 8, 2009, Indiana State University

Gerald was last seen at a bar near campus that he frequented. Gerald was found a week after he went missing, 96 winding miles down the Wabash River from Terre. Gerald was found to have had a blood-alcohol content of 0.149%.

Accident- drinking associated

Johnny Smith, October 5, 2008, Wabash College

Fraternity brothers found Johnny in a distressed situation and he passed away prior to receiving aid. Smith was an uninitiated pledge to Wabash's Delt chapter. An autopsy determined that Johnny died of accidental alcohol poisoning.

Alcohol Poisoning

Travis Smith, January 27, 2007, Ball State University

Travis died Saturday in Muncie when the car he was riding in struck another vehicle, only a few blocks from the Ball State University campus. The driver in the accident that killed freshman Travis Smith, had a blood alcohol level of .04 after the accident on Jan. 27

Accident associated with drinking

Matt Smith, 19, July 25, 2009, Ohio University

Matt fell off a balcony at an off-campus house where a party was being held. Matt had hopped up on the railing which wobbled and caused him to fall.

Accident- drinking associated

Richard Smith, October 28, 2006, Penn State

A student was driving with a .242 blood alcohol content (BAC) when he struck to other Penn State students who were crossing the street. Richard Smith died and Aaron Stidd continues to experience severe complication as result of the accident.

Accident- drinking associated

Jeremy Sobczak-Obetts, 23, October 17, 2009, Michigan State University

Jeremy died when caused when the SUV in which Jeremy was traveling slid off the road and struck a tree at high speed. The vehicle suffered catastrophic damage, although the driver sustained only minor injuries. The driver was arrested when found to have a blood-alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit.

Accident- drinking associated

Alejandro Solis, October 19, 2008, USF Polytechnic

As his friend drove on, 23-year-old Alejandro opened a rear door of the Ford Explorer and fell out. He struck his head on the pavement and died later at a hospital.His friend said it was an alcohol-fueled day, and that Solis drank far more than usual. "He had been drinking all day," she said. "It (the alcohol) took over."

Accident associated with campus drinking

Samantha Spady, September 5, 2004, Colorado State University

Samantha had a blood alcohol level of 0.436 when her blood was tested after her death. That's more than 5 times the legal limit in Colorado. She consumed alcohol over 11 hours starting before the CSU/CU football game on Saturday and ending with her presence at the fraternity house, where she consumed "additional significant amounts of alcohol."

Alcohol Poisoning

Beth A. Speidel, April 14, 2007, Miami University (Ohio)

She was struck by a train traveling through a well-marked railroad crossing. Her alcohol level iwas more than twice the legal driving limit of .08.

Alcohol Poisoning

Benjamin Garrison Sprague, 18, December 8, 2007, Clemson University

The scene at the Sigma Nu house where Benjamin was found was worse than “Animal House.” The floor of the house was covered in broken plates and puddles of beer and vodka. In addition, when Benjamin was moved, he was found to be lying on a large raw steak. A laboratory test showed Benjamin had an alcohol level of 379 (.379 percent),

Alcohol Poisoning

Carson Starkey, 18, December 2, 2008, Cal Poly

Carson died after being found unresponsive in a local home. He had spent the night at the residency after attending a Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity party.

Accident associated with drinking

Michael Starks, 18, November 20, 2008, Utah State University

Michael died early Friday after consuming alcohol at an off-campus residence. He later returned to the Sigma Nu house, was found unresponsive at about 4 a.m., and later pronounced dead at Logan Regional Hospital. Police say the teen's blood alcohol content was higher than 0.35. A posse of sisters from the sorority next door "kidnapped" Starks to kick off a night of drinking that ended with Starks' death

Alcohol Poisoning

Wade S. Steffey January 13, 2007, Purdue University

Wade was accidentally electrocuted after he somehow got inside the room, which should have been locked. He was last seen around 12:30 a.m. Jan. 13 outside Owen Hall where he had left his coat before going to a nearby fraternity party. Nine weeks later, his body was found about 50 yards away in a semi-underground electrical vault at Owen Hall. Steffey was intoxicated at the time of his death, based on a blood-alcohol content given in a report from the coroner's office.

Accident associated with campus drinking

Jacob Stiles, December 2006, Southern Methodist University

Stiles was found dead inside his Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house at Southern Methodist University earlier this month, died of a lethal combination of alcohol and drugs.

Alcohol and Drug Poisoning

Jeremy Stoltzfus, 22, January 8, 2010, West Virginia University

Jeremy lost his life when he fell backwards and struck his head on the street after leaving a party after attending the Gator Bowl in Florida. Police reported that he was extremely intoxicated when he fell.

Accident- drinking associated

Lance Strickland, 18. September 3, 2005, Oregon State University

High school student visiting Oregon University, died of alcohol poisoning while drinking with football players

Alcohol Poisoning

Matthew S. Sunshine, 19, June 10, 2008, Northwestern University

Matthew died of an accidental alcohol overdose had attended a drinking party at his dormitory.

Alcohol Poisoning

Michael Szwed, January 26, 2008, Florida Southern College

Initial autopsy results showed Michael died of a lacerated spleen likely from a "hard fall" received at a Slip 'n Slide fraternity event. Michael had been out drinking Friday night, until 3:30 a.m. Saturday morning. And the next morning, around 7 a.m., Szwed began drinking again for the bid day event, reports said.His roommate said Michael had been "very intoxicated and that he had been throwing up at Florida Southern College during bid day"

Accident- drinking associated

Mary Taaffe, 18, August 31, 2007, Florida Gulf Coast University

Mary lost control of her 1998 BMW while driving on U.S. 41 in Estero. Her blood alcohol level at the time of the accident was .139. She had been at a party the night of her death where approximately 15 FGCU students, most under the age of 21, had been drinking.

Accident- drinking associated

Andrea Tallant, 19, March 19, 2007, Ball State University

Andrea was killed in a crash as she drove the wrong way on Interstate 69. Her blood/alcohol level was .18.

Accident associated with drinking

Joshua Threet, January 5, 2008, St. Cloud State University

After a night of partying and drinking games, Brian W. Threet was found dead on Saturday in the bedroom of his St. Cloud apartment. Threet started at St. Cloud State in the fall of 2005 as a pre-business major and after a semester off, had registered for classes this spring.

Alcohol Poisoning

Andrew Jackson Thurmond IV, September 24, 2008, Auburn University

Alcohol and speed may have been factors in a three-car wreck that killed one Andrew and left another injured and sent three other people to the hospital according to a written statement issued by the Lee County Coroner. Tests showed that Andrew had a blood/alcohol level of .76.

Accident- drinking associated

Edward Trapasso, August 23, 2008, Loyola College

Edward had friends over to his home to celebrate his graduation from Loyola College in Baltimore. Mount Pleasant police said he passed out from drinking beer and liquor, then friends put him to bed.

Alcohol Poisoning

Laura Treanor, 19, January 22, 2009, George Washington University

Laura Treanor was found dead in her campus dorm room. Laura and a group went out to a bar but her friends said that she did not appear intoxicated. However, tests showed that Laura Treanor died of acute alcohol intoxication

Alcohol Poisoning

Syed Ali Turab, 21, November 9, 2007, Rochester Institute of Technology

An artificial log burning in an unscreened fireplace triggered an inferno in an off-campus house that killed Syed and Seth Policzer.. Both had blood-alcohol levels about twice the legal limit for driving, but it's not known "how badly that affected their decision-making that night or their alertness,"

Accident- drinking associated

Dorian Varcianna, January 31, 2010, Kennesaw State University

Dorian lost his life at at an off-campus fraternity party after drinking until he passed out.

Alcohol Poisoning

Nirmam Vasanwala, 19, September 9, 2009, St. Louis University

Nirmam fell from the balcony of his 12th floor apartment on the University campus. Students who were with Nirmam that night said he had been drinking off campus. The cause of death was determined to be “acute ethanol intoxication” — or alcohol consumption — as well as blunt trauma.

Accident- drinking associated

Anthony "Tony" Gerald Villella, February 10, 2007, Towson University

15 to 20 people partied at Villella's apartment on Oberlin Court in the Colony at Kenilworth. A friend saw Villella drink approximately 10 beers and four shots. 29 students were transported to the hospital for alcohol-related incidents in 2006. The same number were transported in 2005, and 28 were transported in 2004.

Alcohol Poisoning

Allison Walden, 19, October 28, 2007, University of South Carolina

A weekend of fun vanished in a storm of fire and smoke that killed seven college friends and left behind a gutted beach house. Six of the seven killed in the fire Sunday morning in Ocean Isle Beach, N.C., attended the University of South Carolina; and one attended Clemson University. Six other South Carolina students in the house survived. Six out of the seven college students who died had alcohol in their systems ranging from from .16 percent to .29 percent.

Accident- drinking associated

Lee Walker, 18, May 4, 2007, Paul Smith’s College

Drowned after canoe capsized in frigid water at 11:00PM in activity associated with a party involving alcohol and Lee Walker, who drowned May 4 on Lower St. Regis Lake, had BAC of.107 percent

Accident associated with campus drinking

Kendra Walthall, 19 (non-student), January 1, 2010, University of Denver

Kendra fell unconscious at after consuming alcohol, prescription drugs and non-prescription drugs while at a house party near the University of Denver campus. Authorities and neighbors described the house as a “college party house” which was the scene of numerous police interventions in the recent past.

Alcohol Poisoning

Douglas William Ward, 26, November 23, 2008, Grand Valley State University

Amber and Douglas Ward died after closing themselves up in a sport utility vehicle with two charcoal grills burning on the back seat. Although the cause of the deaths is noted as "undertermined," Amber, who was underage, was picture drinking that night.

Accident associated with drinking

Justin Warfield, October 17, 2007, Rider University

Justin died yesterday following a night of drinking and drug use. He was conscious but in an "altered state" when friends brought him to a Princeton Borough apartment late Tuesday.

Alcohol Poisoning

Stephen E. Welch, 19, January 29, 2005, Paul Smith's College

Stephen had been drinking alcohol before driving his Toyota pickup north on Route 86 near his college. Welch's truck veered off the road around 3 a.m. and struck a culvert and trees before overturning.

Accident while intoxicated

Carlee Wines, January 22, 2007, University of Connecticut

Struck by a SUV driven by a visiting student who was intoxicated and traveling between an on campus to an off campus party

Accident associated with campus drinking

Patrick M. Woehnker, 19, October 28, 2007, Wabash College

Patrick and four other students gained access to the College’s utility tunnels, which carry electrical, network, and steam-heating lines. They proceeded through the tunnel and emerged in Goodrich Hall. The group ascended to the roof of the building when Patrick became separated from the others and fell from the roof. .He had a preliminary blood-alcohol content of 0.04 percent.

Accident- drinking associated

Andy Woods, 19, February 7, 2009, UW-Stevens Point

Andy lived on his dorm's fourth floor. He attended a party Friday night and was seen entering the dorm about 12:50 a.m. Saturday, Tomlinson said. A student using the stairway to pick up a pizza delivery found Woods on the second-floor landing about 10 minutes later.

Accident associated with drinking

Christopher Wootton, 21, May 3, 2008, University of California, Berkeley

Christopher was stabbed to death early Saturday during a drunken melee in the parking lot of a sorority house not far from campus.

Drinking associated assault

Jason Christopher Wren, March 9, 2009, University of Kansas

Jason, had gone out to dinner with friends Saturday night and drank several pitchers of margaritas at a Lawrence restaurant. Jason then drank 10 to 12 beers at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house, and drank from a bottle of Jack Daniel’s until he passed out. His fraternity brothers put him to bed.

Alcohol Poisoning

Mahalia Xiong, July 13, 2007 University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

Investigators identified the body found in a car pulled from the Fox River Thursday as Mahalia Xiong. her blood-alcohol level exceeded the legal limit of intoxication for drivers in Wisconsin. Family members question the blood-alcohol level, which was reported at 0.12 percent.

Accident- drinking associated

Emily Yelton, October 28, 2007, Clemson University

A weekend of fun vanished in a storm of fire and smoke that killed seven college friends and left behind a gutted beach house. Six of the seven killed in the fire Sunday morning in Ocean Isle Beach, N.C., attended the University of South Carolina; and one attended Clemson University. Six other South Carolina students in the house survived. Six out of the seven college students who died had alcohol in their systems ranging from from .16 percent to .29 percent.

Accident- drinking associated

Whitney Young, November 16 , 2006, Mesa College

A 21-year-old San Diego State Student was drunk when his car struck and killed Whitney while she was crossing a street near San Diego State University. The driver then fled the scene but was later arrested.

Accident- drinking associated

Dan Zamlen, April 5, 2009, University of St. Thomas

Dan disappeared after leaving a house party in the pre-dawn hours. Police recovered his body in a river near a dam. Dan had been drinking at the party.

Accident- drinking associated

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