FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Authorities at the University of Arkansas are investigating after a 19-year-old fraternity pledge was hospitalized with possible alcohol poisoning.
On Saturday, the male student was admitted to Washington Regional Medical Center with possible alcohol poisoning. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports (http://is.gd/I2v3SB ) that the teen had received a bid that morning to become a pledge at UA's Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.
Lt. Gary Crain, a spokesman with UA's police department, says authorities are investigating and will turn over findings to prosecutors.
Crain says a member of the fraternity drove the student to the hospital, which later informed UA police about the incident.
Brian C. Warren Jr., the national executive director of Sigma Phi Epsilon, says the chapter has suspended all operations pending the outcome of the investigation.
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Information from: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, http://www.arkansasonline.com
