10-year-old ward of the state dies after fall
Published:Thursday | February 17, 2022 | 9:20 PM
WESTERN BUREAU:
A 10-year-old ward of the state has died, reportedly from injuries received from a fall during an altercation with three others.
According to the police, the child who resided in a foster home in Cornwall Courts, St James, was with three other wards in a room upstairs their house when a fight started.
She reportedly fell and hit her head on a wall.
She was rushed to the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, where she was pronounced dead.
The Mt Salem police are investigating.
- Janet Silvera
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