Student filming football dies as Tower Fall down

A Notre Dame scholar died on Wednesday after the tower from which he was filming football practice fell over.

Declan Sullivan, a 20-year-old junior from Long Grove, Ill., was elated from the LaBar practice complex to a South Bend hospital, where he died.

"Our thoughts and prayers go out to Declan's family and friends," coach Brian Kelly said in a release. "Declan was a diligent student worker in our video department and had a fabulous personality and great sense of humor. He brightened the days for all that had the privilege to work with him, and the Notre Dame football family will dearly miss him."

Authorities were investigating the incident. The hydraulic scissor lift, which can be lowered or raised depending on needs, stretched across a nearby street.

Winds in the area were gusting to 51 mph at the time, according to the National Weather Service, and the team trained indoors Tuesday because of the stormy conditions.

Notre Dame was making sorrow counselors available for students, and university president Rev. John Jenkins will head over a special Mass in Sullivan's memory on Thursday.