8-year-old girl killed when cabinet falls off wall at school

An 8-year-old girl died in an Orange County school Tuesday after a cabinet fell off of a wall and struck her in the head.

It happened around 2:30 p.m. at the Kiryas Joel Union Free School at 7 Isreal Zupnick Drive in the village of Kiryas Joel, where state police responded to a call of a medical emergency.

Authorities say the preliminary investigation revealed that Ruchy Friedrich was in a classroom with two of her teachers when she climbed on to a chair to retrieve an item from a large cabinet that was affixed to the rear wall.

The cabinet apparently fell off of the wall, causing severe head trauma.

Tim Fleischer has more: https://7ny.tv/2y9C5G4

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