BYU-I student critically injured in on-campus accident, says school
Ariel Jensen
UPDATE:
REXBURG, Idaho (KIFI) – A BYU-Idaho student was critically injured in an accident on campus Wednesday morning, according to school officials.
Rexburg Police and Madison Fire/EMS responded to the medical emergency at the Austin Building on campus at 11:02 a.m. on August 30, said police.
According to the BYU-Idaho website, the Austin Building houses shops and classrooms for students interested in automotive, engineering, and industrial fabrication. Madison County Deputy Chief Toryce Miskin describes the incident as an industrial accident.
“What had taken place is in a storage room off of their machine fabrication shop area, they had a stack of sort of steel beams that the students had been asked to move. They were in the process of moving (those) when that stack collapsed,” said Miskin.
Miskin says the student caught under the collapse is in their mid-twenties and was taken to the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center for treatment.
“At the time of the incident, paramedics responded swiftly and transported the student to receive medical care. BYU-Idaho invites the campus community and friends to join us in praying for the student and his family,” said the school in a statement to Local News 8.
The incident is still a pending investigation, according to Rexburg Police.
“Our thoughts and our prayers are with the family and with our patient, for sure. And, we’re just praying for them at this time,” said Miskin.
ORIGINAL:
REXBURG, Idaho (KIFI) – A BYU-Idaho student was critically injured in an accident on campus Wednesday morning, according to school officials.
Rexburg Police and Madison Fire/EMS responded to the medical emergency at the Austin Building on campus at 11:02 a.m. on August 30, said police.
“At the time of the incident, paramedics responded swiftly and transported the student to receive medical care. BYU-Idaho invites the campus community and friends to join us in praying for the student and his family,” said the school in a statement to Local News 8.
The incident is still a pending investigation, according to Rexburg Police.
Local News 8 has reached out to Madison emergency responders and will update this story as we learn new information.