Results tagged “student”

An Irish student died Saturday evening, days after suffering injuries from jumping off the North Avenue pier, according to Chicago Breaking News. While walking on the pier with his girlfriend and friends, Keith O’Reilly, 22, dove off the pier and into the shallow water below early Thursday morning. O’Reilly struck his head on the rocks at the lake bottom. According to Chicago Breaking News, there are “unconfirmed reports” that O’Reilly had been drinking. [Chicago Breaking News]

An IIT student missing for a week, Benjamin Collen, 19, was found dead last evening in a fraternity house on campus. Officials believe the death is a suicide, but an investigation is being conducted. [Trib]