Chico Sigma Chi Chapter suspended pending investigation of alcohol overdose

The Chico fraternity where a teenage student was found unconscious last week with a potentially-fatal level of alcohol in his blood is on temporary suspension pending investigation by the Chico Police Department.

According to police, Richard Amador was rushed from the Sigma Chi fraternity house on Fourth and Ivy streets to Enloe Medical Center at about 8 p.m. Thursday, where he was placed on life support and determined to have a .496 blood alcohol level.

Sigma Chi president Blake Peltz confirmed Monday that the fraternity is on suspension. Peltz drove the 19-year-old Butte College student to Enloe Medical Center after finding him passed out in the back yard of the fraternity house.



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