A fraternity pledge who was ordered to guzzle alcohol during a hazing ritual and twice fell down a flight of stairs before his death was treated like "roadkill," his father said Monday after criminal charges were filed against 18 of his son's Penn State fraternity brothers. The family of the college sophomore from Lebanon, N.J., told the Associated Press that they are considering a lawsuit but are focused now on the criminal case against their son's fraternity brothers. Jim Piazza said the fraternity brothers "tortured" their son. Piazza later died as a result of severe head injuries and suffered other injuries that included internal bleeding from a shattered spleen. The Piazzas noted that no one representing the university or the fraternity attended their son's wake or funeral services.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 15, 2017 17:08 UTC