UCSC Student Dies After Drunken Fall

A University of California Santa Cruz student is dead after police say he fell next to the railroad tracks and struck his head in an alcohol-related incident.

Santa Cruz police believe the

21-year-old man was walking alone near the tracks late Saturday or early Sunday when he slipped on the loose gravel and fell down an embankment. A woman jogging by the tracks found the body Sunday morning and told authorities.

Lt. Rick Martinez says the man had been drinking heavily Saturday night.

His name has not been released pending notification of his family.

UC Santa Cruz spokesman Jim Burns says university officials are still getting information from police but were very sorry to hear about the death.