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Oakland High School Student Flown to Hospital After Fall in Gym

Oakland New Jersey

A 10th grade student from Oakland high school was flown to area hospital this morning after suffering a head injury, according to school officials. 

The unidentified boy, allegedly made an attempted to jump from one set of folding mats - approximately eight feet high - to the other while at the school's gym but fell hitting his head on the floor sometime after 7 a.m.

The student was conscious as he was flown to Hackensack University Medical Center. 

According to officials, student fractured his skull and spine, but is expected to recover.

 

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