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Article: Ohio State investigating student death.
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- The Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH)
- Article date:
- October 22, 2006
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Byline: Dean Narciso
Oct. 22--What is known is that as Andrew K. Polakowski tried to climb out of an elevator at his Ohio State University residence hall Friday night, the car dropped, crushing him to death.
But as to why it happened, university and state investigators were not releasing many details yesterday.
Polakowski, 18, a business major from Erie, Pa., was pronounced dead at the scene in Stradley Hall, 138 W. 11 th Ave. on the campus. Fellow students described him as affable and athletic.
"He was an incredibly social and friendly person," said Bill Gordon, who lived two rooms down from Polakowski on Stradley Hall's third floor. ...