Associated Press - October 22, 2009 12:05 AM ET

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (AP) - Officials at Prairie View A&M University say they are investigating the death of a 20-year-old student who went for an early morning run off campus.

University spokeswoman Sheleah Hughes said Donnie Wade, a junior from Dallas, was with other students at the Hempstead High School track about 9 miles from campus in the predawn hours Tuesday.

Hughes said Wade was taken to a hospital in the Houston suburb of Cypress, but it wasn't clear when he died. She said investigators were questioning the students who were with him.

The spokeswoman told the Houston Chronicle that officials believe Wade's death will be "cardiovascular related." The Harris County medical examiner is handling the autopsy.

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