Pupil dies after falling from high school balcony in Randburg.
paylessimages / 123RF Stock PhotoGauteng education spokesperson Steve Mabona said the 16-year-old boy may have had a seizure related to epilepsy. He was a grade 10 pupil at the school.
“Unfortunately the boy fell ... to the ground floor. Emergency services were called and the boy was attended to on the scene and later taken to a local hospital. Unfortunately he did not make it,” said Mabona.Mabona said the department's psycho-social team had been sent to the school to offer counselling."They have been at the school since the incident," Mabona said.Sadly, the boy passed on. Once more, We must go and face the family and break the news , it’s too much now.
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