A college student from Indiana was killed when he fell from a wall while studying abroad in the Trastevere district of Rome, according to an article from the Daily Mail.
Andrew Keith Carr lost his balance while walking on a ledge and fell 50 feet onto the sidewalk along the River Tiber. The article reported that Carr had been drinking with friends before walking on the wall near the river at 2 A.M. Witnesses said that Carr was pretending to be a tightrope walker when he fell. The fall broke his cervical vertebrae, the article reported.
Carr was frequently on the dean’s list and was studying operations and supply chain management at the College of Business Administration at Marquette University in Wisconsin. Carr decided to attend the John Cabot University in Rome through a study abroad program.
“Carr’s death is the third fatality since 2007 involving a foreign national falling to his death along the River Tiber. It is believed that alcohol had played a role in the previous incidents as well,” the article reported.
Italian newspaper Roma Today reported that a 19-year-old American student fell off the Bridge of Umberto in July 2012 after drinking with friends and was also killed. The same happened in 2009 when a 20-year-old Australian man fatally fell into the River Tiber after drinking with friends in a pub crawl.
Written by N. Losik
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