Jeffrey Schlyer victim of bicycle crash, Brown University mourn

Jeffrey Schlyer Death – According to East Providence police, a Brown University student who went missing late last week was killed when his bicycle crashed into a work zone close to the Henderson Bridge. According to a medical examiner, Jeffrey Schlyer’s death was an accident and was caused by a fractured spine, according to East Providence police Capt. James Nelson on Wednesday. Just before 10 a.m. on Sunday, a friend of Schlyer’s discovered him in the work zone, and East Providence firefighters pronounced him dead there, according to Nelson.

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He stated that Schlyer’s friends had called Providence police on Saturday around 8:30 p.m. to report him missing. According to a message Brown University administrators sent to the university community on Wednesday, Schlyer was a student majoring in applied mathematics. The joint letter from Rashid Zia, dean of the college, and Eric Estes, vice president for campus life at Brown, states that “We recognize the impact this loss will have on community members at Brown and beyond, and we will continue to work to support Jeff’s family and friends over the coming days,” Schlyer was an avid rower who graduated from New Milford High School in Connecticut in 2018.

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He had competed in competition in Rotterdam in 2016 as a member of the US National Youth Rowing Team. According to the administrators’ statement, Schlyer made lasting friendships with his classmates and teammates at Brown despite the disruptions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. He worked in the Rockefeller Library and he adored libraries and historical societies, the letter says. “He loved biking, music, and snowboarding,” it says, “and he was passionate about exploring nature at every opportunity he had.” On Wednesday, police detectives were still unsure of the exact time of Schyler’s weekend accident, Nelson said.

Schlyer created a video at some point and sent it to a friend in Italy early on a Saturday morning. Schlyer was seen on the video sitting still on his bike in what seemed to be a spot on Massasoit Avenue close to the Henderson Bridge construction area, according to Nelson. Later, Schlyer crashed while cycling through that work zone, according to Nelson. It wasn’t clear what had brought him into the construction area, which is partially fenced off, he said. Schlyer’s Brown friends launched a group on Facebook in an attempt to find him. “Jeff approached the world with kindness and brought joy and laughter to all those he encountered,” wrote the Brown administrators. “He will be deeply missed by his family, girlfriend, friends, and many others.”

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