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Update from CBS Denver...
Student Died After 11-Hour Drinking Spree
Sep 17, 2004 1:38 pm US/Mountain
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) A 19-year-old college student drank the equivalent of up to 40 beers in an 11-hour spree before she was found dead of alcohol poisoning in a fraternity house, officials said Friday.
Samantha Spady, 19, of Beatrice, Neb., had a blood-alcohol level of 0.436, well above the 0.400 level considered potentially lethal, deputy coroner Dean Beers said.
The death was ruled accidental and there was no sign of foul play, he said.
Police Detective Kristy Volesky said Spady began drinking at 6 p.m. on Sept. 5 and didn't stop until about 5 a.m. Sept. 6.
Investigators said Spady and some companions started drinking beer but switched to straight shots of vodka. He said Spady drank the equivalent of 30 to 40 12-ounce beers or one-ounce shots of liquor.
Police issued citations to 19 men and women this week for alcohol-related offenses in their investigation into Spady's death.
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