The faculty sports activities world has misplaced a younger star.
Tufts College lacrosse participant Madie Nicpon died unexpectedly on Sunday, Oct. 17. She was 20 years previous. In accordance with the varsity, Nicpon was attending a charity fundraiser at an off-campus, non-public rental property in Somerville, Mass. on Oct. 16 when the accident occurred. Authorities informed Rockland/Westchester Journal Information the pupil athlete had been collaborating in a sizzling canine consuming contest and choked.
“After first responders carried out life-saving procedures on web site, Madie was transported to Mt. Auburn Hospital and subsequently transferred to Massachusetts Common Hospital, the place she handed away on Sunday afternoon,” Tufts College stated in a message despatched to its campus group.
In accordance with the college’s pupil newspaper The Tufts Each day, a gathering of help was held by the College Chaplaincy on the college’s Gantcher Heart on Oct. 17. The publication, citing an e mail despatched to the Tufts group, reported about 3,000 college students, college and employees members attended. Mourners got candles, The Tufts Each day added, and headed to the close by athletic discipline, the place they positioned candles round Nicpon’s jersey.
