BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. -- The funeral Mass has begun for a Notre Dame student killed when a tower from which he was filming football practice toppled over.
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AP Photo/Mark Black)Mourners gathered on Monday in suburban Chicago to attend the funeral of 20-year-old Notre Dame student Declan Sullivan.
The Mass was being held Monday morning at St. Mary's Catholic Church in the Chicago suburb of Bufalo Grove.
Declan Sullivan was on a scissor lift that fell as wind gusts reportedly reached around 50 mph. The 20-year-old's funeral was Monday in suburban Chicago.
Indiana regulators are investigating whether the university violated safety rules by allowing Sullivan onto the lift on a blustery day last week.
Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly says it was his decision to hold practice outdoors on a windy day.
Sullivan's uncle Mike Miley says the family has not been thinking about who to blame for the accident, but instead is focusing on celebrating Sullivan's life.
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