A Massachusetts school staff member died after a 14-year-old student kicked her in the chest while she tried to stop the student from leaving the building without permission.

Amy Morrell, 53, was assaulted by the teenage girl on Wednesday at around 6:55 p.m. inside the dorms of Meadowridge Academy — a residential therapeutic school for youth and young adults in Swansea, NBC Boston reported, citing charges brought by the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office.

Morrell and another staff member attempted to stop the juvenile from leaving the dorms when the confrontation escalated into violence. 3

While they tried restraining the girl, Morrell was kicked in the chest and collapsed to the ground, prosecutors said.

The 53-year-old Rhode Island native was taken to a nearby hospital,

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