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[ Originally published on: Saturday, September 12, 2009 ]
AMHERST -- Staff at the University of Massachusetts are helping students on campus cope with the death Thursday of a UMass student, who died when he was struck by a train in Leverett early that afternoon.
The student was identified as Peter Boutarel, 19, a sophomore political science and philosophy major from Dax, France, who lived in Baker dormitory in the campus' Central living area, according to the UMass News Office.
Diana Fordham, the residential area director for the Orchard Hill and Central living areas, said campus staff had notified and met with his former roommate and friends Friday afternoon and that further support would be made available to all other students.
There was no indication of foul play, and the medical examiner has not yet performed an autopsy, said Renee Steese, Northwestern first assistant district attorney. She declined to comment on whether the death was accidental or might be a suicide.
Steese said Boutarel's relatives have been notified.
