21-Year Old Mississippi State Student Dies After Tragic Accident

STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – A death of a Mississippi State University student has been confirmed by Mississippi State University Chief Communications Officer, Sid Salter.

Oktibbeha County Coroner Micheal Hunt confirms the student is 21-year old, Andrew Scott Demboski of Ocean Springs. Hunt says Demboski fell from the top of the Jumbotron video system on the south end of the Davis Wade Stadium.

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Davis Wade Stadium

He and two other male students apparently climbed to the of the Jumbotron and he slipped and fell. Demboski went into cardiac arrest and apparently died from head injuries following the fall.

Mississippi State University Chief Communications Officer, Sid Salter says the death is an apparent accidental fall that happened in the early morning hours of Saturday.

MSU issued this statement earlier on Saturday: “Andrew Scott Demboski was a junior Environmental Economics and Management major in the MSU College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Andrew was a very talented student. Our campus is saddened by this loss on the day of Spring Commencement, and we all mourn Andrew’s passing and are keeping his family in our prayers.

An investigation into this incident is ongoing by MSU and county officials. MSU will have no additional comment on this matter until noon on Monday, May 9th.”