SOUTH BEND, Ind. — State regulators are investigating whether the University of Notre Dame violated safety rules when it allowed a student to videotape football practice from a tall hydraulic lift that toppled in high winds, killing the young man.
Authorities also planned to review whether Declan Sullivan received training before using the scissor lift and whether a federal rule barring workers from using scaffolds during bad weather would have applied to his job, Marc Lotter, a spokesman for the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, said Friday.
Sullivan, a junior film student, died Wednesday after the lift fell over in gusts that rose as high as 51 mph. The machines typically extend to 40 or 50 feet, but it’s unclear how high Sullivan was when Notre Dame’s lift crashed.
Rucker rejoins Spartans
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Michigan State defensive back Chris L. Rucker, who was reinstated after missing two games and serving eight days in jail for a probation violation, traveled with the team to Iowa for today’s game against the 18th-ranked Hawkeyes.
The school hasn’t announced whether he will play.
• The Spartans and Boise State will play a three-game series starting with a season opener for both teams in 2012 in East Lansing, Mich.
Adding a Big Ten team is a major step for a Boise State program looking to toughen the nonconference portion of its schedule.
Footnote.
Five Eastern Michigan players have been indefinitely suspended from the team because of a “violation of team rules.”
