Eight college students in Virginia have been charged with hazing a fraternity pledge who died from alcohol poisoning after he was forced to drink a bottle of whiskey at a party earlier this year, authorities said Friday.
The men, aged 19 to 22, were arrested by police on Wednesday in connection with the February death of Adam Oakes.
Oakes, a 19-year-old freshman at Virginia Commonwealth University, had received a bid to join the Delta Chi frat and attended a party where he would be paired with his “big brother” the night before his death.
He was forced to drink a large bottle of whiskey as part of his initiation rites, causing him to pass out on the frat house couch, where he was found dead the following morning, according to his parents.
The coroner’s office determined the cause of death to be alcohol poisoning.
He made his choice.
Gee Whiz GHEE.
How bout they chose and now will pay in more ways than monetary. But not death.
He didn’t have to drink. Live and learn…or don’t in his case.