Another apparently alcohol related death on D's campus

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<p>D texted to say a student died in a MVA this morning, with the driver "impaired". She is a senior this year, and goes on to add this is the "second time in less than a year a senior has died on campus". I beleive the one last year was a guy falling down the stairs. </p>

<p>What a waste.</p>

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<p>Sure is a waste. MVA = motor vehicle accident?</p>

<p>Sorry about the tragedy. Did she know the victim?</p>

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<p>Piggle’ mom</p>

<p>Piggle also called to tell me about the death- She was not sure whether alcohol was involved. She is a sophomore .</p>

<p>what a waste. surprised to think that kids were out drinking on a weekday (if that is the case.)</p>

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<p>“Did she know the victim?”</p>

<p>No.</p>

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<p>My son’s roommate left college today to attend the funeral of his best friend from high school, who was a college student at Slippery Rock. The accident happened at 2:30 in the morning, but haven’t heard if alcohol was involved. [SRU</a> student dies in car accident - The Rocket - Slippery Rock University](<a href=“http://www.theonlinerocket.com/sru-student-dies-in-car-accident-1.2583677]SRU”>http://www.theonlinerocket.com/sru-student-dies-in-car-accident-1.2583677)</p>

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<p>Didn’t really want to link to it a particular school, but here’s a story.</p>

<p><a href=“http://today.duke.edu/2011/09/accident[/url]”>http://today.duke.edu/2011/09/accident&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>[Duke</a> student killed in car wreck | NBC17.com](<a href=“http://www2.nbc17.com/news/durham-county/2011/sep/15/duke-student-killed-car-wreck-ar-1394919/]Duke”>http://www2.nbc17.com/news/durham-county/2011/sep/15/duke-student-killed-car-wreck-ar-1394919/)</p>

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<p>The Duke student who died was the passenger, not the driver.</p>

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<p>^ Which might be the most compelling part, at least for my D. Her initial text was essentially how it was going to “suck to be him” for a very long time. Both involved were apparently seniors there.</p>

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<p>Eerily similar stories! Both accidents happened at around the same time. Both students were seniors and both drivers only suffered minor injuries.</p>

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<p>It’s so sad that anyone gets into a “MVA”, but what were they doing at 2:40 Wednesday morning? Yikes!

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<p>toledo, the SRU accident happened on Saturday, the Duke happened on Wednesday. The SRU accident was a collision; the Duke accident was a one-vehicle accident.</p>

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<p>Very sad - my heart goes out to the parents of those kids.</p>

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<p>Ugh, so sad. Just heard on the news that a freshman died in his dorm playing a ‘drinking game’ (some reports said during said game he voluntarily consumed 40 oz of hard liquor rather quickly and someone found him later in the evening far too late to revive him). </p>

<p>This was at a small school we had visited last spring. So tragic. And so preventable! No one in the party was aware (or sufficiently sober to appreciate?) the danger involved in what he did?</p>

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<p>So scary. I asked my senior D to be careful/smart, and to give a heads up to my freshman S. Not so much about their own drinking, but about who they get in the car with. This is the part where some folks say they may know my kids and my family risk factors better than I. </p>

<p>Thanks for that, and good luck all.</p>

<p>This evening I am talking a lot to my seven year old guinea pig. No one else is here. Got the guinea pig when I dropped son off for his sixth grade retreat. She was to be company for the guniea pig we got in about second grade. Only reason I know second grade is because the Second grade teacher sent sons journaling of the second grade class pet visit just after graduation. Good times!</p>

<p>Today he leaves for his freshman retreat.</p>