19-year-old SCU student dies in apparent suicide inside campus library

A 19-year-old santa clara university student died thursday night after falling from a third-floor railing at the school library, according to santa clara police.

police spokesman mike sellers said friday morning that the student's death appeared to be a suicide. He fell 40 feet from an atrium in the new library complex at 7:40 p.m. He was taken to valley medical center and pronounced dead from the injuries.

Police are withholding the identity of the student until his family can be notified.

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Saturday, August 30, 2008 |

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