New York college student dies after being found unconscious outside in extreme cold: Police
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Authorities are investigating after an upstate New York college student died after spending hours off-campus in sub-zero temperatures, police said.
Authorities are investigating after an upstate New York college student died after spending hours off-campus in subzero temperatures, police said.
SUNY Oneonta student Tyler Lopresti-Castro, 20, was discovered by two Oneonta transit employees shortly before 7 a.m. Thursday lying unconscious on the pavement near a city bus garage, officials said.
The drivers contacted the city's police and fire departments. When emergency workers arrived, they "did every possible thing they could do to resuscitate him," Otsego County Coroner Terry Knapp told ABC News.
Lopresti-Castro, who was initially identified by his SUNY Oneonta ID, was transported to a local hospital where he died, authorities said.
