A sorority and 2 members of a fraternity person been charged, months aft an ill-fated enactment led to the decease of a 20-year-old pupil at Dartmouth.
The Alpha Phi sorority was charged arsenic a corp by constabulary successful Hanover, New Hampshire, with 1 number of facilitating an underage intoxicant house, and 2 members of the Beta Alpha Omega fraternity were charged with providing intoxicant to a idiosyncratic nether 21.
Dartmouth is located successful Hanover.
The charges stem from an off-campus enactment July 6 that Won Jang, 20, attended.
SECOND DARTMOUTH STUDENT FOUND DEAD IN CONNECTICUT RIVER IN TWO MONTHS
A sorority and 2 members of a fraternity person been charged, months aft an ill-fated enactment led to the decease of a 20-year-old pupil astatine Dartmouth. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
After the enactment hosted by Alpha Phi, where intoxicant was allegedly provided by Beta Alpha Omega, immoderate of the attendees went for a aquatics successful the Connecticut River, constabulary said, adding astir of the partygoers were nether 21.
Jang, whose household said helium couldn’t swim, went with the radical but was accidentally near down erstwhile it began to rainfall and others left.
He was reported missing the adjacent day, and authorities aboriginal recovered his assemblage successful the stream astir 65 feet from shore.
Dartmouth pupil Won Jang was recovered dormant successful the Connecticut River successful New Hampshire July 7. (Won Jang/ LinkedIn)
He had a humor intoxicant level of 0.167%, ABC News reported. The ineligible bounds successful New Hampshire is 0.08% and 0.02% for radical nether 21.
"Dartmouth has agelong valued the contributions that Greek organizations bring to the pupil experience, erstwhile they are operating wrong their stated values and standards," Dartmouth said successful a connection shared with Fox News Digital.
"These organizations, arsenic good arsenic each Dartmouth students and assemblage members, person a work to guarantee Dartmouth remains a safe, respectful, equitable and inclusive assemblage for students, module and staff.
Won Jang's assemblage was located successful the Connecticut River adjacent a Dartmouth boathouse astir 65 feet from shore. (Google Maps)
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"Following the tragic nonaccomplishment of Won Jang during the summer, Dartmouth instantly suspended some Alpha Phi and Beta Alpha Omega, and an interior probe was initiated. These suspensions stay successful effect pending the results of Dartmouth’s interior probe and behaviour process, which is inactive ongoing."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.