UNC Charlotte student Polly Rogers died on Tuesday after reportedly falling out of the emergency window of a party bus, the Associated Press reports. She was a 20-year-old sophomore studying special education.

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After Rogers's fall, she was reportedly hit with two oncoming vehicles and authorities pronounced her dead at the scene. Charlotte Party Charter owner Victor Rabb told WBTV he believes a fellow student on the bus pulled at the emergency window lever, opening the window widely and allowing Rogers to fall.

There were about 55-60 students on the bus that night, Rabb said, most of whom were heading from campus to a bar in uptown Charlotte.



"I don't know where she was sitting or standing or what — the window, of course, popped open and she fell out of the bus," Rabb explained. "We tell them to behave, for one, and part of that is obviously, along with the signage, is do not mess with the emergency windows unless it's an emergency."

Rogers's death remains under investigation. An original report from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police confirms alcohol use may have played a factor.

Per a GoFundMe started by Rogers's sorority sisters, Polly was "an emerging leader in our chapter and one of the friendliest people you would ever meet. She could always be found in the common areas of the house greeting sisters after their day at classes and making sure their day was going well."

The women of Zeta Tau Alpha also write "she will be missed fiercely" and that they won't comment further at this time. The proceeds from the GoFundMe will go to the Rogers family.

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