Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal introduces bill requiring colleges, universities to report serious accidents

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The bill is called the Corey Safety Act, named after Corey Hausman, from Westport. Hausman died in 2018 after a skateboarding accident on the University of Colorado campus in Boulder.

“Reporting and tracking gives colleges a powerful incentive to do better, to make their streets and dorms safer and to stop any kind of negligence or recklessness. It’s a powerful deterrent,” Blumenthal said.

The American College Health Association says accidents are the leading cause of fatalities on college campuses.

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