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Mr Demboski suffered cardiac arrest after hitting his head in the 18ft (5.4 metre) fall, said the Oktibbeha County coroner.
Firefighters at the Starkville Fire Department used relief tactics to get Demboski down from the platform on which he fell.
Authorities worked to save Demboski for an hour while being moved from the concrete structure to the ground.
Hunt would not comment on whether alcohol was involved, but said toxicology results would be forthcoming.
But Romero says the MSU community sticks together and supports each other and an example of that was they took a moment of silence and prayed for Andrew at graduation. “Our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family”.
“I really couldn’t believe it when I first heard it, but at the same time, a lot of students have done that over the years”, said Rachel Romero, an MSU Nursing student.
How Demboski got into the stadium remains a mystery.
MSU Police Chief Vance Rice is referring all questions in regards to the incident to university public relations.
A helicopter waited outside the stadium to transport the student to the hospital, but he didn’t make it.
Students and faculty remembered Demboski with a moment of silence at the Saturday morning commencement ceremony at the Humphrey Coliseum, Fox 40 reported.
Demboski was a native of Ocean Springs and was majoring in environmental economics and management at the school.
MSU spokesman Sid Salter told WTVA that the university plans to issue a statement later this morning.
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The MSU Student Association released a statement saying it was “heartbroken” over Demboski’s death.
