An Indiana University student visiting Ball State died in a dormitory room early Saturday after partying with friends, Ball State officials said today.
Jarrod Polston, 18 from Greenwood, Ind., was visiting Studebaker West with friends from Center Grove High School, said Kay Bales, vice president for Student Affairs and dean of students.
According to preliminary information, Polston passed out around 3 a.m. after drinking heavily. When his friends awoke around 10 a.m., he was unresponsive, Bales said. University police arrived at 10:05 a.m., began to administer CPR and called paramedics, who took him to the emergency room of Ball Memorial Hospital.
Polston was pronounced dead at 10:49 a.m. in the hospital. Delaware County Coroner Jim Clevenger said the cause of death was asphixiation after choking on his own vomit.
The other students involved have not been identified or punished, Bales said. Any further action will be dependent on toxicology reports and the results of an investigation by UPD.
"On behalf of the university and all of our faculty, staff and students, we would like to express our deepest sympathies to Jarrod's family and to his friends and extended family at Indiana University," Bales said in a news conference.
This story will be updated.
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