TORONTO

Beta Theta Pi members are mourning the loss of a brother who plunged to his death in a tragic accident at their frat house in the Annex early Saturday.

It’s believed the 24-year-old locked himself out of the house at Lowther Ave. and Huron St. — northeast of Spadina Ave. and Bloor St. W. — and was attempting to enter through an upper floor window when he slipped and fell three stories.

“We’re all just devastated,” a Beta Theta Pi spokesman, who didn’t give his name, said at the frat house Saturday morning. “We’re still trying to wrap our heads around what happened.”

Toronto Police say 53 Division officers responded to “an unknown trouble call” at 131 Lowther Ave. around 3:10 a.m.

“They arrived on the scene and found a male victim, in his mid-20s, on the ground with severe head injuries,” Sgt. Rick Gibillini said.

He said the young man was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The victim’s name has not been officially released, but fraternity brothers identified him as Hugo Chan.

Those who knew the much-loved Ryerson University student have been turning to twitter to express their grief.

“Saddened to hear of the loss of a @BetaThetaPi brother,” Isaac Smith tweeted. “Hugo Chan of Theta Zeta chapter died last night.”

And Chloe Tomei was among the many who offered condolences to Chan’s frat brothers along with his family and friends.

“Such a sad day, stay strong,” she tweeted.

Multiple sources say Chan arrived home, realized he forgot his keys and climbed the fire escape at the rear of the massive frat house to the third floor. It’s thought he may then have tried to scale the slanted roof to a nearby window.

Snow fell in the city for much of the day, but it’s not yet known if that is what caused Chan to slip.

Investigators have deemed the fatal fall a “death by misadventure.”

“There was nothing suspicious,” Gibillini said. “No foul play is suspected.”

According to Chan’s Facebook page, he graduated from Earl Haig Secondary School, in North York, in 2006.

He was also a manager at a Boston Pizza, near Yonge St. and Sheppard Ave., where he had worked since 2007.

Chan studied culinary management at George Brown College after high school. And more recently, he was enrolled in the hospitality and tourism management program at Ryerson.

chris.doucette@sunmedia.ca