A college graduate was killed hours after obtaining his diploma when a car he was rebuilding and working on collapsed on him.
On Sunday evening, May 8, Ian Brunner, a 22-year-old Mechanical engineering graduate, was conducting extra work under his two-door 1994 Miata when a tool propping up the car fell.
Brunner, who graduated from the University of Dayton in Ohio, was in the parking lot of a student housing building at the time of the tragedy.
A university graduate’s car hits him and kills him just hours after receiving his diploma.
A university graduate’s car hits him and kills him just hours after receiving his diploma.
Around 7 p.m., an unnamed 911 caller reported the incident on the 300 block of Irving Avenue.
According to WHIO, the unnamed caller stated, “I’m outside of Campus South Apartments at the University of Dayton.”
‘A car hit a kid, and this jack slid out from underneath him, and he’s imprisoned and not responding.’
A university graduate’s car hits him and kills him just hours after receiving his diploma.
Brunner, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, died at the site.
The institution asked the community to remember this young man’s family, friends, and loved ones in their prayers.
Brunner’s death was addressed in an email sent by the university at 1 a.m. on Monday.’
Asked about why the institution did not speak on the issue sooner, campus administrators told the TV station that their attention was ‘on the family who is finding out about the loss of their loved one and respecting their grief and their ability to inform direct family members’.
‘This is a process and timeline over which we have no influence,’ said the school. ‘The University has internal support procedures in place that are quickly implemented for people in our community who have been directly impacted by the loss.’
According to rumors, Brunner had restored his vintage black Miata in April.
‘Miata is agony. ‘Miata is love,’ he remarked at the time on Instagram. ‘I just finished a thorough engine rebuild, and it’s performing great now!’ Thank you to everyone who assisted.’
