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Investigators Rule Drowning Death Of ISU Student Accidental

Investigators have concluded that the drowningof an 18-year-old Indiana State University freshman during a fraternity event in Illinois was accidental.

The (Terre Haute) Tribune-Star reports the Clark County, Illinois, sheriff's department reached the conclusion about the Oct. 23 death of Yiorgo Karnezis from Munster. The department says the case is not being forwarded to the Clark County state's attorney.

The school has said that Karnezis apparently fell from a boat into a small pond during a Sigma Chi fraternity social event in the rural community of Dennison, Illinois. The Vigo County coroner ruled earlier his death was consistent with accidental drowning.