Mount Pleasant, NY
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College Student-Athlete From Hudson Valley Dies In Accident College Student-Athlete From Hudson Valley Dies In Accident
College Student-Athlete From Hudson Valley Dies In Accident Updated story: College Athlete Died After Choking During Charity Contest, Report Says A college student from the Hudson Valley has died from injuries in an accident on Saturday, Oct. 16. Rockland County resident Madie Nicpon, a 2019 graduate of Suffern High School, was a junior at Tufts University in Massachusetts.  She was a biopsychology major and a member of the college's women’s lacrosse team. The specific nature of the accident has not been released. News of the tragedy was shared with the university community in a statement signed by Tufts' president, dean of student…

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by Joe Lombardi
Newark, NJ
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Seton Hall Student Dies In Dorm, University Says Seton Hall Student Dies In Dorm, University Says
Seton Hall Student Dies In Dorm, University Says A Seton Hall University student died after suffering a medical emergency in a dorm room Monday, school officials said. The unidentified student was in Neumann Hall at the time of the incident, according to SHU President Joseph E. Nyre. The cause of death was not released, pending a medical examiner's report. The residence hall where the incident occurred was being used as quarantine housing for out-of-state students in the Spring 2021 semester. “We are anguished at the loss of any member of our university family, but especially at the death of a student,” Nyre said.  “We ache w…

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by Cecilia Levine
Mahopac, NY
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19-Year-Old Cornell University Student Found Dead 19-Year-Old Cornell University Student Found Dead
19-Year-Old Cornell University Student Found Dead A teenage college student died in upstate New York at Ithaca Falls. Phillip Zukowski, age 19, a sophomore at Cornell University who was studying computer science, was found dead on Saturday, May 8 near Ezra’s Tunnel in the Ithaca Falls Natural Area, Vice President for Student and Campus Life Dr. Ryan Lombardi announced. The cause of Zukowski’s death is currently unknown. The New York City resident, from Queens, had transferred to Cornell from Grinnell College in Iowa last fall and was a member of the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity living in Becker House. Officers from the Ithaca Police Departmen…

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by Zak Failla
Mount Pleasant, NY
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Syracuse University Freshman From Westchester Dies Suddenly Syracuse University Freshman From Westchester Dies Suddenly
Syracuse University Freshman From Westchester Dies Suddenly Click here for an updated story: Syracuse University Student, 18, From Westchester Remembered For His Engaging Personality A teenager from Westchester County who was a freshman at Syracuse University has died suddenly, the second death of a first-year student there in as many days. The university announced on Thursday morning, Oct. 15 that Jack Lundin, 18, from the Crestwood section of Yonkers, died on Wednesday night, Oct. 14. Lundin was enrolled in the Newhouse School of Public Communications, studying news and digital journalism, the university said. The cause of death has not bee…

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by Joe Lombardi
Ridgefield, CT
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Second Student At HS In Fairfield County Dies Unexpectedly In Two-Week Span Second Student At HS In Fairfield County Dies Unexpectedly In Two-Week Span
Second Student At HS In Fairfield County Dies Unexpectedly In Two-Week Span The second Wilton High School student in a two-week span has died unexpectedly, according to Wilton Public Schools Superintendent Kevin Smith.  The unnamed student, died after he was "gravely" wounded around 6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 2. His death follows the unexpected passing of 16-year-old junior George DiRocco, who succumbed to an undetected heart condition.  “I am terribly heartbroken to report that earlier this morning we learned that our Wilton High School student who was injured on Friday passed away,” said Smith on Monday, Oct. 5. “This loss is incomprehensible and we ache f…

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by Christina Coulter
Bronxville, NY
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Westchester HS Senior Dies Day Before Graduation Ceremony Westchester HS Senior Dies Day Before Graduation Ceremony
Westchester HS Senior Dies Day Before Graduation Ceremony Tragedy struck the New Rochelle School District as a high school senior died a day before graduation. Umberto Lopez, a senior at the New Rochelle High School, died on Monday, June 24, a day before graduation. At the event on Tuesday, Lopez’s family reportedly was presented with an honorary degree. A moment of silence was held for Lopez and other students that lost their lives in the last academic year during the graduation ceremony. In a statement, interim New Rochelle High School Principal Joseph Starvaggi said that “it is with a heavy heart and great sadness that I share some tragic news…

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by Zak Failla
West Milford, NJ
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SUP'T: Fair Lawn Schools Offer Counseling After Thomas Jefferson Student Fatally Struck SUP'T: Fair Lawn Schools Offer Counseling After Thomas Jefferson Student Fatally Struck
SUP'T: Fair Lawn Schools Offer Counseling After Thomas Jefferson Student Fatally Struck Fair Lawn schools will be offering counseling Tuesday following the sudden death of a Thomas Jefferson Middle School student, district officials said. The 12-year-old boy was fatally struck by a Bergen County Sheriff's Officer on Route 208 in Fair Lawn Sunday night while attempting to cross the highway divider, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. The officer was traveling southbound in the left lane on routine patrol when he struck the boy -- who was with several other juveniles -- near the Fair Lawn Avenue exit ramp at 9:08 p.m., Calo said. The officer was taken taken to Ha…

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by Cecilia Levine