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Pupil dies after wall collapses at Liberton High School | |
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A pupil has died after a wall inside an Edinburgh school collapsed and landed on top of her. | |
The Scottish Ambulance Service sent a special operation response team to Liberton High School at 09:53. | The Scottish Ambulance Service sent a special operation response team to Liberton High School at 09:53. |
A Police Scotland spokesman said: "Police in Edinburgh responded to Liberton High School after a wall within the building collapsed, injuring a female pupil at 10:00. | |
"She was treated by ambulance staff on the scene, but was pronounced dead." | |
He added: "Inquiries into the full circumstances surrounding this incident are ongoing and we are working alongside our relevant partner agencies." | |
Edinburgh City Council was fined £8,000 in February after a pupil received serious injuries when she fell down a lift shaft at Liberton High School. | |
Morgan Seaton, a fourth year Liberton High School pupil, was 15 at the time of the accident on 8 December 2011. |