Missing American student, John Durkin, found dead in Rome railway tunnel after he was killed by train following night drinking at bar

Nothing good happens after midnight when one is falling down drunk.  He was too young to die.   

Daily Mailreports an American college student who went missing while studying abroad in Rome was killed by a train.

Bates College junior John Durkin, 21, was last seen by friends at about 2.30am on Thursday, at a bar called Sloppy Sam’s.

Family members had flown from Rye, in New Hampshire, to Italy to help with the search, but his body was spotted in a tunnel by a passenger on a train on Thursday.

Durkin's body was removed from the tunnel, which runs under a large park between the Vatican and  Trastevere neighborhood in Rome, by Italian authorities, CBS News reported.

Italian railway authorities confirmed on Saturday that he had been killed by a train.

A statement from his university president, Clayton Spencer, said: 'This is a time of deep sadness for our community and for so many people who knew and loved John.

'We are profoundly sad and share the tremendous grief of his family.'

Bates head football coach Mark Harriman added:'John’s commitment to excellence in all phases of his life was inspirational to the other members of the squad and a major factor in the team’s success over the past three years.

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