Kaleiah Jones, a Black teenager with a heart condition, died after collapsing in the hallway of her Newport News high school due to the negligence of school staff, who failed to check her pulse or use the defibrillator machines.
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Kaleiah Jones, a Black teenager with a heart condition, died after collapsing in the hallway of her Newport News high school due to the negligence of school staff, who failed to check her pulse or use the defibrillator machines.