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Boy Dies After Leaping From 2nd-Floor Window of New Jersey Elementary School in Apparent Suicide: Source
By Brian Thompson
Updated at 10:38 PM EST on Friday, Mar 6, 2015
A student at a New Jersey elementary school plunged to his death from a second-story window in what police are investigating as a suicide, a law enforcement source familiar with the case tells NBC 4 New York.
The boy, in fifth grade at Grant Elementary School in Dumont, was initially taken to a hospital in critical condition after the jump around noon Friday, authorities say. The source said he later died at Hackensack University Medical Center later in the afternoon.
A law enforcement source said the boy got into a dispute with a classmate during a game of chess. Afterward, the boy passed his classmate a note, then went to the window, opened it and jumped, the source said.
Schools superintendent Emmanuel Triggiano said there were other students in the classroom at the time.
Has Ridgewood’s BOE done anything yet to ensure the safety of all second floor classrooms in the district?
This is such a sad story. Who would have imagined that a young boy would do this. It seemed so impulsive.
Just tragic, and yes impulsive. Windows should only be able to open a few inches on upper floors. This should be implemented immediately.