Boston University professor dies after falling through staircase
An associate professor at Boston University fell 20 feet to his death on Saturday when he slipped through a badly-rusted staircase near a subway station that had been closed to pedestrians for at least a year.
Dr. David K. Jones, an associate professor in the Department of Health Law, Policy and Management at the School of Public Health, was pronounced dead on the scene near the JFK/UMass T station in Dorchester on Saturday.
It remains unclear how he wound up on the staircase, which had been closed for 20 months because it is unsafe.
His death was confirmed by Dr. Sandra Galea, dean of the school, in a statement on the university's website.
'In truth, I have no words to describe the devastation of this news,' she wrote.
Jones, 40, had joined the School of Public Health in 2014 and distinguished himself as 'an exemplary member of our community,' Galea said, serving as the founding editor in chief of the Public Health Post and receiving several honors, including the BU School of Public Health Excellence in Teaching Award.
He is survived by his wife, Sarah Sacuto, and their three children.
David Procopio, a Massachusetts state police spokesman said in a statement to the Boston Globe on Monday that the state troopers were alerted about a body under the staircase at around 1.30pm Saturday.
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