ILLINOIS BOY DIES AFTER BEING FOUND HANGING IN SCHOOL BATHROOM
A 10-year old boy died after he was found hanging from a hook in a bathroom at his school in the Evanston/Skokie School District. School officials have not given his mother an explanation for what they have described as an accident.
The fifth grade student was found unresponsive and hanging from a hook in a bathroom at about 3 p.m. on Tuesday. He died Wednesday morning at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Police and school officials have provided little information, but autopsy results were expected this afternoon.
My deepest condolences go out to the family and friends of this young boy. This is a devastating tragedy. As one school board member noted, "No one anticipates the death of their child when they send their kid to school." This horrific accident likely could have been prevented and it is my hope that nothing like this will ever happen again in the future.
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