7-Year-Old from Bergen County Dies After Table Collapses at School

A 7-year-old Bergen County boy died Wednesday after a folding table collapsed and hit him, according to police.

The incident happened at New Milford’s Berkley Street Elementary School, where Brenden Jordan, a Gibbs Elementary School student, was at a New Milford Recreation Commission soccer program, NorthJersey.com reported.

New Milford’s Superintendent told NorthJersey.com he did not know how the table fell - whether someone pulled on it or if it just collapsed on its own.

“It’s a tremendous loss for all of us, a shock for the family especially,” Polizzi told NorthJersey.com. “I can’t imagine the void the family will feel.”

The 108-pound bench fell on Brenden while he was taking part in an indoor soccer practice in the gymnasium of Berkley Street Elementary School at about 6:30 p.m.

Brenden was playing with a soccer ball near a lunch table, according to NJ.com, when one of the benches fell out from the wall and struck him on the side of the head, New Milford Detective Lt. Frank Ramaci said.

Emergency services workers helped perform CPR, and Brenden was transported to Hackensack University Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 7:30 p.m., according to NJ.com.

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