Fort Hays State student dies after fall in Mexico

A Fort Hays State University student who was reportedly injured while vacationing in Mexico last week has died.

A university spokeswoman on Tuesday confirmed the death of Triston Werth, who was set to enter his second year at the school.

Werth, according to a GoFundMe page set up for the 19-year-old, was vacationing with friends in Cancun when he suffered a three-story fall on Aug. 8.

After the fall, Werth was in a coma in a hospital in Mexico, though plans were for him to be transported to a Houston medical facility, the page said.

Werth entered Fort Hays as a business major after graduating from Hays High School in 2016, according to his Facebook page.

This story was originally published August 15, 2017 at 2:17 PM with the headline "Fort Hays State student dies after fall in Mexico."