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Police: Miami student died after falling out of bed

Staff Report

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

A Miami University student who died Saturday from a head injury sustained after a fall in April was in bed with his girlfriend when the accident occurred, police said today.

Oxford police today, May 20, released results of an investigation of the accident that occurred at Pi Kappa Phi fraternity house, 111 E. Spring St. and led to the death of Aaron Miller, a 20-year-old junior from Bellbrook.

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Miller's girlfriend, Hollie Burge, told police that Miller was not feeling well April 27 and decided to go to bed sometime after midnight. She said they had been in bed for 45 minutes when Miller, who was on the side of the bed in the fraternity, rolled over and fell off the bed that sits 6 feet off the ground, according to the police report.

Miller did not respond and was gasping for air when Burge checked on him, according to the report. When police arrived around 1:27 a.m., Miller was found unconscious on his right side bleeding from his mouth and nose, authorities said.

The case will remain open until police receive the coroner's report, which won't be available for at least six weeks. What role, if any, alcohol consumption might have played in Miller's death will be determined by the Montgomery County Coroner's Office, according to Oxford Sgt. Jim Squance.

Based on the investigation conducted, Oxford police have no reason to believe that there was any foul play or criminal activity associated with this incident, according to Squance.

Miami spokeswoman Claire Wagner said Pi Kappa Phi remains on summary suspension of activities during the investigation, a standard procedure after such an accident. Miami's spring semester ended May 9.

Miller, a 2006 Bellbrook High School graduate, was a finance major and entrepreneurship minor at Miami.

 

 

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