Cesar Munera, 18, a Cornell University freshman, of Stamford, Conn., is in Cayuga Medical Center in critical condition following a fall from the window of his campus room in Mary Donlon Hall, Friday, Oct. 6. Cornell University Police is investigating the incident.

At 5:13 a.m., Oct. 6, Cornell Police was notified by a resident in a nearby North Campus residence hall of a person near Donlon Hall who sounded sick or hurt. Officers responded to the scene and found Munera, a student living in 533 Donlon Hall, lying on the sidewalk on the northeast side of the residence hall's loading dock. Munera, who was semiconscious, was bleeding and covered with scrapes and bruises. Bangs Ambulance was summoned to the scene, and Munera was stabilized and transported to Cayuga Medical Center for evaluation and treatment of his injuries.

A subsequent, preliminary investigation revealed that, sometime during the early morning hours of Oct. 6, Munera fell from the window of his fifth-floor room and landed in the location where he later was discovered by the responding officers.

While the precise cause of Munera's fall is not known, the matter is under investigation by Cornell Police, and foul play is not believed to have been a factor. It is not known whether alcohol use was involved, but it has not been ruled out.

Munera underwent surgery late Friday at Cayuga Medical Center for the injuries resulting from his fall, and he remains in the hospital's intensive care unit.

Anyone with further information about the incident is asked to call Cornell Police at (607) 255-1111.