Penn State student dies after 11-story fall in trash chute
CENTRE COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) – A Penn State student has died soon after slipping within an 11th-flooring trash chute.
Point out College or university Police and the Centre County Coroner’s Office environment carry on to investigate the situation bordering the death of 19-12 months-previous Justine Gross, who was first claimed missing on Thursday, Nov. 11.
Soon after an first investigation, both of those parties included verified that Gross died just after slipping inside a waste disposal chute, and into a waste receptacle on the ground floor. The fall took put at “all-around 11:30 p.m.” on Wednesday, Nov. 10, police mentioned.
Gross’ human body was uncovered when the squander receptacle was emptied by a Borough of Point out School refuse truck and taken to the Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority transfer station on Nov. 12, two times after her tumble.
Video proof suggests that Gross was alone in the 11th-ground hallway and in the waste disposal space prior to her drop.
The coroner’s office will establish the cause of loss of life pending a ultimate lab examination. This is an ongoing investigation with eyewitness checks, online video, and forensic proof actively playing a part.
As of Friday, Nov. 19, the incident appears to be accidental, in accordance to police.
