Editor s note: This article discusses mental health and suicide, which may trigger some readers.
Departments at West Virginia University like the Carruth Center play a crucial role when a student is found in a life-threatening situation. But what exactly happens to a student after an attempted suicide?
According to Carruth Center Director T. Anne Hawkins, many factors determine the procedure in these situations.
âEvery situation is unique and we respond to each student with that in mind,â Hawkins said. âOur first concern is always the safety and welfare of the student and others who may be affected.â
Carruthâs response, in most cases, is immediate, but this ultimately depends on the location of the student and the communication exchange between the University and outside agencies.
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CHARLESTON â A West Virginia University student has died from injuries from a fall last week, according to a news release Tuesday from the city of Morgantown.
Charles Stephen Nelson, 20, of Pikesville, Maryland, died sometime after Morgantown Police found him âlying on the sidewalk near an apartment complexâ early Friday morning, the release said.
Nelson âwas immediately transported by EMS to J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital,â and officers later learned he had died, the release said.
âAt this time, there is no indication of foul play; however, the case remains open in an attempt to determine the circumstances that led to the fall,â the city said.
Charles Nelson
Morgantown Police have identified 20-year-old Charles Nelson as the West Virginia University student who passed away after falling from an apartment complex in the early morning hours of Friday, May 7.
He was a sophomore engineering student from Pikesville, Maryland. Charlie has a circle of exceptional friends with whom he formed deep relationships, and many cousins with whom he loved spending vacations and summers, His family wrote in an obituary published Tuesday in the Baltimore Sun. Besides celebrating life with his friends and family, Charlie loved riding dirt bikes and ATVs, snowboarding, working on engines, going fast, all things Sebago Lake, and being a WVU Mountaineer - #hornsdownforever.
A sign inside of the Morgantown Police Department on September 16, 2020.
The Morgantown Police department is investigating the death of a West Virginia University student following an off-campus incident on Thursday, May 6.
Andrew Stacy, City of Morgantown spokesperson, said the investigation is ongoing and the department will release results when it is completed. No further information was available at this time.Â
The University has notified to the studentâs family, said April Kaull, executive director of communications. Any time a member of our University family passes away, we feel the loss deeply and mourn together as a campus community, Kaull said. The Morgantown Police Department notified us of an off-campus incident which resulted in the death of a student, and we are working with the department as its investigation continues.
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