Utah Tech student dies

The campus of Utah Tech University is still in mourning after a student was killed over the weekend after falling from the balcony of a dormitory building.

“Growing up with Peyton, he was such a goofball," she shared. A candlelight vigil will be held for Hall on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. "He was a really good friend. He was always there when you needed him. “He always had a lot of people behind him, and we’ll still be behind him after this and his family,” said Samani. “I just want the world to know, or just the community, that Peyton was a great friend, a great brother to his siblings, a great son to his parents,” she said.

Interim Police Chief Ron Bridge said 18-year-old Peyton Hall, from South Jordan, fell 55 feet from the fifth-floor balcony at Campus View Suites II at ...

“My condolences go out to the parents,” he said. The Campus View Suites II dorms included units with six rooms that shared common living and kitchen spaces. She said he met with his peer coach often, attended events, and visited the Writing Center. George Police Department, and Gold Cross Ambulance, Hall was unable to be revived and pronounced dead on the scene. He said the dorm is usually busy. He was there very, very quickly,” Bridge explained.

A freshman at Utah Tech University died after falling 55 feet from a fifth-story balcony on campus, the Utah college said.

4, Hall “tragically fell from a fifth story balcony at Campus View Suites II in what appears to be an accidental death,” the statement said. “As the student fell from the fifth story on the inside of the horseshoe, one of the Utah Tech Police Department officers was actually on the south side — or the open side — of the horseshoe and quickly responded around to the other side of the building,” Interim Utah Tech Police Chief Ron Bridge told the outlet. At around 2:30 a.m.