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Utah State to pay $172,500 to student's family over slackline death

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Kristin Murphy, Deseret News

FILE – People hang out on the quad in front of the Agricultural Sciences building at Utah State University in Logan on Wednesday, April 20, 2016. Utah State University will pay $172,500 to settle a lawsuit filed after a college student was killed when he hit a "slackline" rope tied between two trees while riding his bike.

LOGAN — Utah State University will pay $172,500 to settle a lawsuit filed after a college student was killed when he hit a "slackline" rope tied between two trees while riding his bike.