16-year-old boy from Hatfield dies in fall inside N.J. temple

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Friday, August 18, 2017
VIDEO: Teen dies after fall inside N.J. temple
Watch the report from Action News at 4 p.m. on August 18, 2017.

ROBBINSVILLE, N.J. (WPVI) -- Police in New Jersey are investigating the death of a Pennsylvania teenager.



It happened Thursday at a Hindu temple on Main Street in Robbinsville.



A 16-year-old boy from Hatfield, Montgomery County was volunteering on a construction project inside the building when he fell approximately 45 feet to his death.



The victim was taken to a hospital in Hamilton, where he died an hour later.



Police say the fall appears to be an accident.


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