16-year-old boy dies after 45-foot fall in Hindu temple
19 Aug 2017 10:54 PM IST
New York: A 16-year-old boy in the US has died after falling about 45-feet while volunteering on a construction project inside a Hindu temple in New Jersey, police said.
The boy from Hatfield, Pennsylvania, was volunteering on a construction project at the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir campus on Thursday in Robbinsville when he fell, Robbinsville police spokesman Lt Michael Polaski said.
The teen was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton, where he died an hour later, NBC Philadelphia reported.
"The victim fell about 45-feet and the fall appears to be an accident, but it is still under investigation," Polaski said.
Police have not released the identity of the victim.
Vinay Limbachia, a volunteer at the temple, said people at the temple were looking into what exactly the boy was helping with.
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