US EditionNorthern Arizona University student died of alcohol poisoning following rush event, autopsy says
Three fraternity leaders were arrested on suspicion of hazing after an NAU student died from a blood-alcohol level over five times the legal driving limit, authorities said.
- On Monday, an autopsy confirmed a Northern Arizona University student, Colin Daniel Martinez, 18, died of alcohol poisoning after a fraternity house party.
- Documents released last month show Colin Daniel Martinez, 18-year-old student, shared two bottles of vodka with four fraternity candidates, some witnesses said they might have been diluted.
- Witnesses told investigators that they repositioned him, checked pulse and breathing, and researched alcohol-poisoning symptoms throughout the night.
- Three Delta Tau Delta leaders were arrested, the university suspended the fraternity, and the national organization voted to shutter the chapter.
- Amid national coverage, the Associated Press reported Monday that the Coconino County Attorney's Office is reviewing whether to file formal charges against the three leaders, who were 20 at the time.
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Alleged hazing death tied to secretive rush night ignites arrests and frat reckoning
Northern Arizona University student Colin Daniel Martinez allegedly died from alcohol poisoning during Delta Tau Delta hazing. University permanently shut down fraternity chapter
Fraternity Hazing Tragedy: Arizona Student Dies After Being Forced To Drink Vodka
The tragic death of 18-year-old Northern Arizona University freshman Colin Daniel Martinez has been formally confirmed by the Coconino County Medical Examiner as a result of acute alcohol poisoning. His death has sparked renewed scrutiny over hazing culture within American fraternities, raising troubling questions about how far initiation rituals can go before they turn deadly. Authorities have arrested three fraternity leaders in connection wit…
Arizona college student who died in booze-filled hazing incident had blood alcohol level more than 5 times legal driving limit: autopsy
A college fraternity pledge died in a horrific hazing incident after he was forced to drink an insane amount of alcohol — which left him with a blood-alcohol level more than five times the legal driving limit, his autopsy showed.
Autopsy Confirms NAU Freshman Died of Alcohol Poisoning During Fraternity Hazing Ritual
A formal autopsy has confirmed what many feared from the moment Colin Daniel Martinez was found unconscious at a Northern Arizona University fraternity house in late January — the 18-year-old freshman died of acute alcohol poisoning, his death the direct result of a hazing ritual gone fatally wrong. Martinez’s blood-alcohol content was measured at 0.425 percent at the time of his death… Source
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