(U-WIRE) AMHERST, Mass. - University of Massachusetts sophomore Andrew B. Sala, 19, of Mendon died on the morning of March 10th after allegedly falling from a window in Cashin Residence Hall.
Sala's body was found on the first-floor ledge of Cashin at approximately 8:30 a.m.
According to a press release issued by the University News office, UMass police were notified about the incident by a Resident Assistant and they immediately called the Amherst Fire department for an ambulance.
"Ambulance personnel were unable to assist due to obvious signs of death. At that time, the medical examiner was called and pronounced him dead," the press release stated.
Very little information was known about Sala's cause of death Tuesday night.
"He was found this morning. A resident of Cashin awakened to raise his shade and saw Andrew's body there. At this time we have no indication of how long he may have been there," Dean of Students Jo-Anne Vanin said in a press conference last night.
Although it has not been determined that Sala fell out his fifth floor room window, Vanin said the windows in Sylvan residence halls "are split windows that open in and out, as opposed to up and down."
Cashin resident, freshman Melissa Johnson, who lives on the second floor, said screens exist on the bottom part of the windows but not on the top.
Johnson said she woke up before 9am to commotion outside her window.
"I heard police officers and their walkie talkies. So I got up to look out my window and I saw him laying on the first floor balcony," she said.
UMass Police Chief John Luippold would not comment on the investigation, however campus and state police are working together to investigate the incident.
No foul play is suspected.
The University is waiting for results from the Medical Examiner's Office for the cause of death, Vanin said.
Following investigations conducted yesterday, Vanin said there