6 charged in death of UConn student run over after party

Six University of Connecticut students have been charged with alcohol-related offenses in relation to the death of a student who was run over by a fire truck after leaving a party last year.

The male students had been hosting an off-campus party at a fraternity-affiliated house on October 16, which 19-year-old Jeffny Pally had attended.

Police say Pally, a sophomore from West Hartford, had been sitting with her back against the garage door of the UConn Public Safety Complex at around 1am after leaving the party.

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Jeffny Pally, 19, died when she was run over by a fire vehicle after attending an off-campus party thrown by six male students from the University of Connecticut in October

She was then run over by a fire vehicle responding to a call that turned out to be a false alarm.  

Pally's body wasn't found until about 30 minutes later when firefighters returned. 

The teenager died from injuries to her head and torso, the medical examiner's office determined. 

Her blood alcohol content was more than three times the legal limit in Connecticut when she died.

The driver of the vehicle wasn't charged and the tragedy was ruled an accident.

Patrick Callahan, Matthew Moll, Dylan Morose, Austin Custodio, Dominic Godi and Jonathan Polansky were charged on Friday. 

Patrick Callahan, Jonathan Polansky and Dylan Morose were three of the six charged on Friday in relation to Pally's death in October

Matthew Moll, Dominic Godi and Austin Custodio range in age from 21 to 22 and are from Connecticut, New York and Massachusetts

The charged students range in age from 21 to 22 and are from Connecticut, New York and Massachusetts. 

Callahan, Moll, Morose and Polansky were charged with permitting a minor to illegally possess alcohol.

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Custodio is accused of buying the beer and vodka for the party, while Godi allegedly took it to the venue.   

Two additional students have been charged in connection with the false alarm.

They were all released pending their arraignment in Superior Court in Rockville on March 8. It couldn't be immediately determined if they had lawyers.

Pally's blood alcohol content was more than three times the legal limit in Connecticut when she died on October 16

Pally, a sophomore from West Hartford, had been sitting with her back against the garage door of the UConn Public Safety Complex (above) at about 1am after leaving the party

The teenager died from injuries to her head and torso after being struck by the fire vehicle, the medical examiner's office determined

A university spokeswoman confirmed the students are still enrolled at UConn but said federal student privacy law prevents the university from saying whether any of them face discipline by the school.

The university noted the Kappa Sigma fraternity recently lost its recognition and housing due to off-campus incidents in September and October unrelated to Pally's death. 

The fraternity's national office also has revoked the local group's charter.

'Jeffny Pally was a talented, ambitious, promising young woman and her death was a terrible tragedy,' the university said. 

'The entire university community joins her family and friends in continuing to mourn her loss.'

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