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16-Year-Old Dies After Fall From Window at NYC’s Regis High School

Counseling is available pending the outcome of a police investigation.

Overview

  • Police responded at about 9:29 a.m. Thursday to the Upper East Side campus and found a student with injuries consistent with a fall.
  • He was transported to NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and was pronounced dead around 11:45 a.m., authorities said.
  • Reports said the fall came from a fifth-floor window at the school, while officials have not detailed the precise circumstances.
  • Regis High School called the death an “unimaginable tragedy” and said counselors and campus ministers are available to students and parents.
  • The student’s name has not been released, and some media cite unnamed sources about a disciplinary meeting beforehand that has not been confirmed by officials.