Teen dies after falling from roof of school building in northern Kolkata
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A 17-year-old girl died after falling from the roof of a three-storey school building in the northern part of the city, police said. The girl, a Class 11 student of Arya Kanya Mahavidyalaya in Bidhan Sarani, suffered serious injuries after she fell from the roof around 3 pm on Wednesday, they said. She later died at the state-run Medical College around 9 pm, an officer of Amherst street police station said.
Police have lodged a case of unnatural death, and are talking to the school authorities and the girl's guardians for further investigation, the officer said. Officials of the Hindi-medium higher secondary school for girls refused to comment on the incident but maintained that it adheres to all safety aspects of students in the institution.
(With inputs from agencies.)
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