India, Feb. 25 -- Joseph Boutros, a 21-year-old student from Rhode Island's Salve Regina University, has died of carbon monoxide poisoning in Newport during the extreme winter weather in the state on Monday.

Newport police confirmed that Joseph Boutros was found unconscious inside a car at a parking lot on Bellevue Avenue. Police found his body around 7:30pm on Monday, and he was taken to Newport Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, per NBC 10 Boston.

The Salve Regina Football program released a statement on Joseph Boutro's passing on social media.

"The Salve Football family mourns the passing of Joseph Boutros," the statement read. "His contagious smile, selfless spirit, and the way he showed up for his brothers every day made our ...