Workers member at Massachusetts faculty dies after being kicked by scholar, DA says

An investigation is underway after a staffer at a Massachusetts faculty collapsed and died throughout a bodily altercation with a teenage scholar, authorities introduced Thursday.

The lethal altercation occurred at Meadowridge Academy, a residential therapeutic faculty for youth and younger adults at 664 Stevens Road in Swansea, shortly earlier than 7 p.m. Wednesday, based on the Bristol District Legal professional’s Workplace.

Staffers had been making an attempt to restrain a 14-year-old woman who was attempting to depart her dormitory with out permission when Amy Morrell, a 53-year-old workers member, was kicked within the chest, the DA’s workplace stated.

Morrell, of Riverside, Rhode Island, collapsed after being struck and was rushed to a neighborhood hospital, the place she was pronounced lifeless on Thursday afternoon.

A household pal on Friday shared a photograph of Morrell with Boston 25 Information reporter Drew Karedes.

The coed, whose title hasn’t been launched on account of her age, was arraigned Thursday in Fall River Juvenile Courtroom on a cost of assault and battery inflicting severe bodily harm.

In an announcement issued on Friday afternoon, the Meadowridge Academy known as Morrell’s demise a “tragic loss” for the varsity neighborhood.

“The Meadowridge Academy neighborhood is deeply saddened by the passing of direct care workers member, Amy Morrell,” a faculty spokesperson instructed Boston 25. “We lengthen our heartfelt condolences to Amy’s household throughout this troublesome time. Assist providers and sources can be found to help college students and workers as we grieve this tragic loss.”

Massachusetts State Police detectives assigned to the DA’s workplace are helping Swansea police with the investigation.

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