A freshman found unconscious amid vomit and empty liquor bottles at a
Massachusetts Institute of Technology fraternity has died of an alcohol
overdose.

Scott Krueger, 18, of Orchard Park,N.Y., died late Monday,three days after
the fraternity pledge was discovered in his basement room at the Phi Gamma
Delta house.

His parents said his bloodalcohol level had reached 0.410 percentfive
times the legal limit for drivers in Massachusetts. Authorities say that
means he consumed about 16 drinks. The medical examiner said Tuesday that
Krueger died of an alcohol overdose.

In August, a Louisiana State University fraternity pledge died at a
hospital after a night of drinking.

Krueger had attended party at the fraternity earlier that night and alcohol
was served, school officials said.

Police have begun a criminal investigation. MIT has also suspended Phi
Gamma Delta from participating in campus social activities.