7 Sep 2015

Boy who jumped from school window dies

6:55 pm on 7 September 2015

A nine-year-old boy who jumped through a window at his Napier school in late May has died.

Aryan Banerjee was found unconscious and struggling to breathe at Taradale Primary School.

He was taken to Hawke's Bay Hospital and flown to Auckland's Starship Hospital for specialist treatment.

His father said Aryan died peacefully in his parents arms at Hawke's Bay Hospital.