Rutgers student critically injured as fraternity probes possible hazing

Rutgers University this week ordered a fraternity to cease operations after a student was critically injured in an incident that is being investigated to determine whether hazing was involved

Rutgers University this week ordered a fraternity to cease operations after a student was critically injured in an incident that is being investigated to determine whether hazing was involved.

The student, 19, was found injured and unresponsive when university police officers went to a location in New Brunswick, New Jersey, near Rutgers’ flagship campus, after a disconnected 911 call shortly before 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement Friday.

He was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, where the prosecutor’s office said he was in critical condition. The student has not been publicly identified.

The chapter was ordered by the university to cease all activity and is being subjected to “social probation” until Nov. 3, as well as “organizational disciplinary probation” through May 18, according to a university notice posted Wednesday.

In a statement to NBC New York, Gordy Heminger, president and CEO of Alpha Sigma Phi, said the fraternity has suspended its Rutgers chapter and is investigating whether hazing occurred.