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NEW MILFORD, N.J. (AP) — A bench from a folding table attached to a wall collapsed at a New Jersey school, striking and killing a 7-year-old boy.
Brendan Jordan was attending an indoor recreation soccer program at Berkley Street Elementary School in New Milford on Wednesday night when he came near a fold-down table and benches stored in the wall.
Detective Lt. Frank Ramaci (RAH'-mae-see) says one of the benches fell out of the wall and struck the boy's head. It's not yet known whether Brenden touched the table.
School Superintendent Michael Polizzi tells The Record newspaper that the table is secured with a key and it's not clear what caused the bench to fall. He says the tables were installed about 11 years ago.
The boy was a student at Gibbs Elementary School.
Grief counselors are available at both schools.
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