KIRYAS JOEL, N.Y. (1010 WINS/AP) -- An 8-year-old girl has died after a wall cabinet fell on her in her Orange County classroom, police said Wednesday.Police say Ruchy Friedrich was in a classroom at the Kiryas Joel Union Free School with two teachers in the village of Kiryas Joel Tuesday afternoon when she climbed on a chair to get something from a cabinet that was affixed to a rear wall. Kiryas Joel is about 55 miles from New York City. The cabinet became detached and fell off the wall on her, causing severe head injuries. She was taken by ambulance to Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, where she was pronounced dead.Kiryas Joel school Superintendent Joel Petlin said grief counseling was being provided to students and staff.
"We are devastated by the tragic accident which took the life of one of our students this afternoon," Petlin said in a statement. "We are cooperating with the investigation and we are providing grief counseling to students and staff affected by this tragedy. Our heartfelt prayers go out to the family and the community at this difficult time."
Police determined the incident was an accident, and the cause of death was determined to be blunt-force trauma to the head.
