UNCC Fraternity Suspended After Student Killed In Party Bus Fall

CHARLOTTE, NC — A University of North Carolina Charlotte fraternity announced Thursday it was suspending operations at the school two days after a 20-year-old UNC-Charlotte student on board a party bus headed to an uptown bar fell out the vehicle's emergency window into the roadway and was hit by two vehicles.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police responded to the accident scene in the 4500 block of North Tryon shortly before 10:30 p.m., and found Polly Miranda Rogers unresponsive in the road, according to a CMPD statement.

Rogers had boarded the Charlotte Party Charter Bus at the UNCC campus and was enroute to a bar in uptown when she fell out of the emergency window on the right side of the bus, landing in the center lane of North Tryon, police said. She was then hit by two vehicles.

UNCC’s Kappa Sigma fraternity had rented the party bus, which was carrying people who were drinking alcohol, The Charlotte Observer reported. Police are investigating alcohol as a potential factor in Rogers death, the newspaper said.

Kappa Sigma Fraternity issued a statement confirming it was suspending UNCC operations of its Kappa-Omega Chapter, would cooperate with school and police investigations and was launching its own investigation.

The Kappa-Omega chapter of the fraternity has operated its charter on the UNCC campus since 1970, making it the oldest inter-fraternity council chapter on the campus, the organization said on its website.

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A GoFundMe campaign for Rogers' family was set up Wednesday, and nearly doubled it's $7,000 goal in about six hours before it stopped taking donations.

"Polly was an emerging leader in our chapter [of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority] and one of the friendliest people you would ever meet," the GoFundMe campaign page said. "She could always be found in the common areas of the house greeting sisters after their day at classes and making sure their day was going well. She will be missed fiercely."

CMPD's major crash investigation unit is investigating the accident and asks that anyone who may have witnessed events contact Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.

Photo via GoFundMe