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NY student crushed to death while changing oil

Quick ReadNY college sophomore dies in accident while changing vehicle's oil on campus parking lot

NEW YORK (AP) — A sophomore cadet at the State University of New York Maritime College was crushed to death while changing the oil in his vehicle on the school's campus parking lot.

School officials say 20-year-old Benjamin Bragg, of Mandeville, La., was taken by ambulance to Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx after the Friday accident, but efforts to save him were unsuccessful.

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