A 12-year-old student died Wednesday after suffering a choking emergency inside a Yonkers, New York, middle school, prompting an ongoing police investigation into whether a social media challenge may have played a role in the incident, as reported by the New York Post.

The sixth-grade student became unresponsive at approximately 11:40 a.m. inside Justice Sonia Sotomayor Community School, according to Yonkers school officials.

Staff members and first responders immediately attempted life-saving measures before the boy was transported to St. Joseph’s ...

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