Student died of head injury

The autopsy showed that Clemson student Tucker Hipps died Monday of a head injury. And Coroner Karl Addis said the head injury to the 19-year old from Piedmont was “consistent with an unsupported fall.” Addis said this about the injury: “…it is consistent with him falling from one of the spans which is approximately 20 to 23 feet above the water surface; he was found in a depth of water 4 – 5 feet; the lake bottom in the area he fell is formed with rip rock.” The coroner made no ruling on the manner of death, saying his ruling awaits law enforcement investigation and toxicology analysis which could take weeks.