Posted on 05/09/2023 3:52:38 PM PDT by grundle
DAYTON — The University of Dayton announced early Monday morning that a recent graduate was killed hours after graduation on Sunday.
The Montgomery County Coroner’s Office identified the former student as 22-year-old Ian Brunner. Officials at UD said Brunner was from the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area.
Investigators said Brunner died Sunday evening in an accident involving his vehicle.
Dayton Police officers and medics were dispatched around 7 p.m. to the 300 block of Irving Avenue on initial reports of a car falling on top of someone, News Center 7 previously reported.
“I’m outside of Campus South Apartments at [the] University of Dayton. A car fell on a kid and he’s — this jack fell out from underneath him and he’s trapped underneath and not responding,” a 911 caller told dispatchers.
Brunner, a mechanical engineering major, died on the scene just hours after walking at graduation and earning his degree.
“We ask that the community keep this young man’s family, friends and loved ones in their prayers,” the university said in a statement.
Late Monday morning, News Center 7 saw University of Dayton students, faculty and administrators comforting each other after walking out of the chapel following a group gathering inside.
There was some concern that the university did not say what happened until an email that was sent at 1 a.m. on Monday. News Center 7′s John Bedell asked the university about the timing and they issued the following statement:
“When there is a student death, our focus is on the family who is finding out about the loss of their loved one and respecting their grief and their ability to inform immediate family members. This is a process and timeframe we can’t control. The University does have internal support structures that are immediately put into place for those in our community directly impacted by the loss.
The safety of our campus community is always our first priority, so if there is an immediate threat to campus, those messages would go out quickly. When there is not an immediate threat, our attention goes to the affected family.”
“...after car falls on top of him...”
That’d do it.
My first thought also.
When I was in high school in the mid 60s, I worked on the family cars. I bought four HEAVY DUTY jack stands and triple checked that they were properly positioned, carrying the car load, and not unstable. I had big respect for the weight falling on me. I think the Smokey Yunik articles in Popular Science taught me a lot about vehicles, maintenance, and safety.
I went on to get my mechanical engineering degree.
Guess we aren’t making MEs and shade tree mechanics like we used to.
Let the car fall on one of their guys.
What was he doing, stealing his own catalytic converter?
I would bet most car jacks are imported from China. I’ve had a car jack fail on me. I was only changing a tire, so there was no damage done to myself.
Never. NEVER trust a jack by itself. Always use solid stands or blocks.
bttt
I got an engineering degree and probably worked on my car underneath it using only a jack to hold it up. Now that I’m older and wiser I use decent jack stands and put the tires underneath the car too as a second chance. I always gave the car a good shake in all directions to confirm it was steady, and always used blocks or rocks under any wheels that were touching the ground.
So sad to hear of this accident.
That’s why they have procedures with safeguards because they don’t want the cars falling on them either.
“Never. NEVER trust a jack by itself.”
Exactly right. One of the very first automotive lessons I learned. Right after learning how to crawl into the back seat.
Smokey Eunuch is coming back with a new spelling. LOL
I did the same thing back in the day but wouldn’t think of doing it now. Funny how your perception of risk changes as you get older. Just the thought of being under a car with just a jack gives me the willies now.
It is the rolling that causes the car to fall from the jack.
who that cop = who questioned that cop
Didn’t learn much did he...
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