Sad news out of Starkville this Saturday.

Twenty-one year old Andrew Scott Demboski has died following a fall from the top of the Jumbotron at David Wade Stadium early Saturday morning. Demboski, a junior environmental economics and management major, was with two other students when he climbed to the top of the scoreboard. He fell around 1:30 a.m.

Oktibbeha County Coroner Michael Hunt spoke to local media about Demboski’s death. Hunt said that Demboski died from cardiac arrest and head injuries following an 18-foot fall from the top of the video board onto a platform.

Mississippi State release the following statement through Chief Communications Office Sid Salter:

“MSU can confirm the death of a student in an apparent accidental fall in the early morning hours today on the MSU campus near the M-Club building. The student is Andrew Scott Demboski, 21, of Ocean Springs. He was a junior Environmental Economics and Management major in the MSU College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Andrew was a very talented student. Our campus is saddened by this loss on the day of Spring Commencement and we all mourn Andrew’s passing and are keeping his family in our prayers. An investigation into this incident is ongoing by MSU and county officials. MSU will have no additional comment on this matter until noon on Monday, May 9.”

Our thoughts are with the Demboski family and Mississippi State University.