Wis.-Eau Claire student dies in fall


March 19, 2010

 
EAU CLAIRE - A University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire student from Minnesota is dead after accidentally falling from an elevated walkway at an apartment complex.

Police say 22-year-old Kyle Joswiak of Inver Grove Heights, Minn., either climbed onto a safety rail and fell or tried to jump over the safety rail to the parking lot below.

Joswiak was found lying in the parking lot early Wednesday. He was pronounced dead at a hospital of massive head injuries.

Police say alcohol contributed to the death, which was ruled accidental.

Joswiak was a senior majoring in broadcast journalism at UW-Eau Claire.

 

Associated Press