Elon WR Demitri Allison dies after falling from UNC dorm

[iowajerms]

Elon WR Demitri Allison dies after falling from UNC dorm

Elon wide receiver Demitri Allison passed away Wednesday from injuries sustained from a 10-story fall off a North Carolina dormitory, the university announced. He was 21.

“According to law enforcement officers, Demitri died this afternoon after falling from Morrison Residence Hall, a 10-story building at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,” Elon vice president Smith Jackson wrote in a post on the university’s website. “He had left the Elon campus yesterday and his teammates, friends and family asked police to look for him because they were concerned for his well-being and emotional state.”

A wide receiver from Cornelius, N.C., Allison started in all 12 games in 2014 and appeared in each of the Phoenix’s nine games this fall.

“Everyone associated with Elon athletics is devastated,” athletics director Dave Blank said in an email to university stakeholders. “Demitri was a talented young man with a bright future who was loved by his teammates. We mourn his loss deeply and we pray for his family and loved ones.”

A “gathering of friends” will be held in Allison’s honor Thursday afternoon at Rhodes Stadium.

 

[Mistaken4193]

Was it an accident or suicide???

 

[outofyourmind]

Sounds like suicide.
That doesn't make it any easier for his family.
Just terrible.

 

[iowajerms]

Was it an accident or suicide???

That 2nd paragraph made me think suicide.

 

[lilchi721]

Sounds like suicide

 

[PIBuckeye]

did he get kicked off the team or flunk out? WTH? I didn't hear about this until now.

 

[NDHoosier101]

Was it an accident or suicide???

I'm guessing you have to work a bit to fall out of a dormitory. There are enough suicides in dorms every year, they don't need people accidentally killing themselves.

Just speaking from my experience at Indiana.

 

[kramer1]

100 feet. You ain't surviving that. What makes this kid take a header off the building like that?

 

[kramer1]

Maybe drugs

 

[uncfan103]

Was it an accident or suicide???

I'm pretty sure they're intentionally being ambiguous in the article. He committed suicide.

 

[uncfan103]

did he get kicked off the team or flunk out? WTH? I didn't hear about this until now.

You wouldn't have heard of anyone from Elon. Elon is a short trip from UNC. It's less than an hour away, it wouldn't be unusual for someone to visit friends on campus. As far as being there on in the middle of the week, that's a little odd but maybe they didn't have class on Veterans Day.

 

[nddulac]

horrible.

 

[theSabanator20]

So much craziness going on in the world right now. We just need to pray for overall peace. Crazy how fast life can pass you by, and how quickly it can end.