Parents Sue Wilberforce U., Alleges Hazing Led to Daughter’s Death

This is just awful. From WHIO:

Savanna Jones’ family is now suing over her on-campus death at Wilberforce University in April.Jones was wrapping up her freshman year at Wilberforce University this spring.In the new lawsuit filed in Greene County, the family’s lawyer said Jones died because she was hazed on campus.The court document states Jones was going through initiation with “a social drinking club” known as “the turtles” on a campus where alcohol is not allowed.Jones was required to drink a bottle of liquor that night as a part of a ritual called “crossing turtles,” the lawsuit states.It alleges that “she became visibly and dangerously intoxicated to the point that she could not stand.”Her family’s lawyer writes she was carried back to her dorm room across campus, where she was left and where she died hours later.The civil wrongful death lawsuit names the university, its housing director, a student, and 30 Jane and John Does as defendants.

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