A Columbia University student was killed after she became trapped under a rock while kayaking in the Potomac River over the weekend.
Ella Mills was part of a group of about two dozen people from Columbia University who were on a boating trip when the accident happened.Woman kayaker killed after being trapped under rock during boating trip in Potomac River
Officials say Mills was pinned under the rock by river hydraulics. Others tried to help her before emergency crews arrived but were unsuccessful."As you may know, Ella Mills, a student of ours at Columbia’s School of General Studies, died tragically in a kayaking accident on a trip with the Columbia University Whitewater Kayaking Club," the letter reads.
Lisa Rosen-Metsch, a dean and professor at Columbia, sent an additional letter to General Studies students. "Originally from Dublin, Ella was just beginning her journey at Columbia University as a third-year student in our Dual BA Program with Trinity College Dublin. She arrived in New York earlier this month to begin her studies at Columbia, having completed her English Studies coursework in Dublin.
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