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An employee at a Massachusetts school for students who "may have learning disabilities as well as medical fragility" has died after allegedly being kicked in the chest by a teen

A 14-year-old girl has been accused of fatally kicking the staff member, authorities said

The victim has been identified as Amy Morrell, 53, of Rhode Island

A Massachusetts school staffer has died after she was allegedly fatally kicked in the chest by a 14-year-old student.

Amy Morrell, 53, of Riverside, R.I. was identified as the victim of the Wednesday, Oct. 15 incident ABC News , WCVB-5 and The New York Times reported.

The direct care staffer was employed at rural Swansea’s Meadowridge Academy, a comprehensive therapeutic residential school serving students between the ages of 12 to 21

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