Coroner: Clemson Sophomore Died of Alcohol Poisoning
The 19-year-old Mt. Pleasant native had alcohol levels of .267
The death of a 19-year-old Clemson sophomore that shook the campus in November was caused by alcohol poisoning, officials said. Tyler J. Karolczyk had a blood-alcohol level of .267 at the time of his death, according to Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley. "This boy was intolerant to alcohol, he wasn't a heavy drinker," Kelley said. "And that's like 3 times the the level of the legal limit." Karolczyk had been drinking during a Friday night party at his off-campus aprartment at 116 Smoke Rise Lane in Central and it is unknown how many students were involved, Pickens County Assistant Sheriff Tim Morgan said. "There's been a lot of block parties there," Morgan said. "The way those houses are all packed in there parties just spill out all …
