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Palghar Student, 15, Dies After School Marathon

Police registered an accidental death case as officials await a post-mortem to determine what caused her collapse.

Overview

  • Roshni Goswami, a Class 10 student at Bharati Academy English School in Velji, collapsed after a sports-day race in the Talasari area of Palghar on Saturday.
  • She finished third in the marathon, then complained of breathlessness, sat down and fainted, according to eyewitness accounts.
  • Teachers administered initial care and staff drove her to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared her dead on arrival.
  • The school principal said a heart attack is suspected, but the exact cause will be known only after the post-mortem ordered by Gholwad police.
  • Local education activists criticized safety preparedness at school athletic events, citing the absence of on-site doctors, ambulances and prior medical screening.