Northern Kentucky student dies after collapsing during rugby game
File photo of an ambulance.
Posted: 10/08/2012
WILMORE, Ky. - An Asbury University student from Northern Kentucky died after collapsing during a rugby game on campus in Wilmore just months before he was set to graduate.
Jessamine County Coroner Michael Hughes told the Lexington Herald-Leader that 24-year-old Jeff McMillan of Florence, Ky. collapsed at about 1:25 p.m. EDT Saturday and was pronounced dead a short time later at St. Joseph Jessamine in Nicholasville.
Hughes said the cause of death appeared to be natural, but autopsy results would include a determination.
The university, on its website, confirmed McMillan's death.
University spokesman Brad Johnson said the 1,700 students of the private non-denominational Christian school were scheduled to celebrate McMillan's life during a chapel service at 10 a.m. EDT Monday in Hughes Auditorium.
A memorial service will be scheduled later this week in Florence.
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