Fraternity Leader at Northern Arizona U. Charged With Hazing in Alcohol Related Death of Student
“had a level of 0.425% — more than five times the state’s legal limit for drivers 21 and over”
It’s amazing that this still happens sometimes, given all of the awareness campaigns on the topic.
The Associated Press reports:
Fraternity leader at Northern Arizona University charged with hazing in student’s alcohol death
The pledge master for a fraternity at Northern Arizona University was indicted Friday on a felony hazing charge involving a student who died in late January after a night of drinking at a rush event.
The hazing charge alleges Carter Eslick caused or forced the drinking that led to the death of 18-year-old Colin Daniel Martinez on Jan. 31 at an off-campus house.
Martinez was found unresponsive at the home by police after bystanders performed CPR on him. He died at the scene.
An autopsy found Martinez died of alcohol poisoning and had a level of 0.425% — more than five times the state’s legal limit for drivers 21 and over. The state has a zero-tolerance policy for anyone under 21 who is driving under the influence of alcohol.
“The loss of a young person is always a tragedy,” Coconino County Attorney Ammon Barker said in a statement.
Josh Blumenrich, an attorney representing Eslick, didn’t immediately return a phone call seeking comment.
In a statement, the university said the death has “shaken our entire community” and noted that Eslick is no longer enrolled there.
Two other members of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity were arrested along with Eslick after Martinez’s death, but the charge filed on Friday was only against Eslick.
Prosecutors declined to say whether they will ask a grand jury to charge the other two fraternity members.
Martinez was among four people who were candidates for the fraternity and shared two bottles of vodka to ensure they vomited, according to court documents. Some witnesses said the bottles might have been diluted with water.
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awareness and being 19-26 years old
dont mix either in many cases
“had a level of 0.425% — more than five times the state’s legal limit for drivers 21 and over”
wOw!
So tell us — where was he driving?
That’s also over TEN times Minnesota’s legal limit for carrying a concealed weapon. But he wasn’t doing that, either.
Plus, he was 18, not 21 and over. Further and further
What is the point of quoting a completely irrelevant statistic — in your sub-headline, yet — other than as an emotional scare stat?
This is the sort of thing that gun banners do all the time, and it’s tedious.
I was invited to pledge Delta when I attended NAU. I believe my response was “I’d rather chew glass”.
What does driving have to do with this story? Was he driving?
A more appropriate number would be the LD50 wherein 50% of “test subject” would die at that level. LD50 for humans is around 0.4 so he was at that line.
The most important info was missing. What was his Delta Tau Delta name?
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