University of Louisiana-Lafayette international student, Rustam Nizamutdinov, 24, died November 6, 2016, when a Kappa Sigma pledge fell asleep at the wheel and veered off the road, hitting him as he was walking on the side of the road. The driver, Michael Gallagher Jr., blames fraternity hazing for the fatal crash.

Hell Week for Kappa Sigma pledges was from Oct. 29 to Nov. 5, 2016. Pledges were required to stay awake for almost the entire week, leaving many of them sleep-deprived. Some of them also had to be designated drivers which caused three accidents that weekend, one of which took Rustam’s life. It was around 1 a.m. on Nov. 6 when Kappa Sigma pledge Michael Gallagher Jr., fell asleep behind the wheel and hit Nizamutdinov, a utility pole, and a LUS Fiber junction box before his Toyota Tundra came to rest in a grassy area.