A 10-year-old South Carolina girl died from a rare brain condition and not as a result of a classroom fight, officials say.
Ash Wright / via FacebookGet breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.A 10-year-old South Carolina girl died from a rare brain condition and not as a result of aNo charges will be filed in connection to the death of Raniya Wright, a fifth-grader from Forest Hills Elementary School, said 14th Circuit Solicitor Duffie Stone.
"There were no bruises, no cuts, no scrapes, no busted lips, no black eyes. Internally, the tissue that was tested also did not show any other trauma. The only trauma was limited in scope to the rupture that took place in the brain." Raniya got into a"slap fight," lasting only a few seconds, with another student on March 25, officials said. She complained of headaches, threw up and passed out several minutes later before she was rushed to the hospital, authorities said.The prosecutor insisted there's no evidence that could have led him to bring a criminal case.
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