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Michigan State staffer arraigned after death of student on moped

February 5, 2019
The MSU Police Department on Nov. 1, 2018.
The MSU Police Department on Nov. 1, 2018.

Michigan State staffer was arraigned on Tuesday morning with a misdemeanor moving violation involving the death of a student riding a moped in January. 

Adam Young, a 22-year-old from Laingsburg, Michigan was driving an MSU salt truck Jan. 15, when he collided with 21-year-old student Tiana Seville. The collision happened just before 8 a.m. at the intersection of Shaw Lane and Chestnut Road.

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Young is an MSU staff member who works in the Infrastructure and Planning Facilities department as a landscape services equipment operator. 

If Young is convicted, the maximum punishment he will face is up to a year in prison and a potential fine of $2,000. 

MSU spokeswoman Emily Guerrant deferred to the MSU Police for a comment, who were unavailable for a comment at the time of publication. 

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