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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 04-03-2010, 09:28 AM:

A former UK recruit and ND commit dies from falling off a balcony on his spring break.

7-year-old Matt James of Cincinnati, Ohio died Friday night after falling from the third floor balcony of the Days Inn Motel on Front Beach Road at Panama City Beach, Fl. Police said the initial indications are the teenager fell over the balcony railing of his motel room at 6:26 Friday evening and apparently died instantly.

Friends told NewsChannel Seven that James had just arrived in the beaches area for the first day of his Spring Break for 2010.

Police say they could not publicly confirm the identity of the teenager because relatives had not been formally notified. But several dozen distraught callers to NewsChannel 7 from the Cincinnati area say it was Matt James.

He attended St. Xavier High School where he was a 6’7”, 280 pound star football offensive tackle. He has been highly recruited by major college teams including the Florida Gators. He recently signed with Notre Dame.

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Posted by catlogic15 (Member # 1227) on 04-03-2010, 10:03 AM:

I remember in the day going to Florida on spring break and getting crazy like you're supposed to. But I never understood the dangerous activity on the balconies. Unfortunately,this type accident happens a lot down there. Shame.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 04-03-2010, 10:31 AM:

catlogic, In the same article it said the same thing happened to another student a block away less than a week earlier.

It is the second Spring Break balcony fall accident fatality in less that a week. A few Days ago a 19-year-old Georgia Spring Breaker, Brandon Kohler died in a five story fall from the Holiday Terrace Motel about a mile east of tonight’s tragedy.

[ 04-03-2010, 10:31 AM: Message edited by: catmandoo ]