Classes canceled following child’s death at Bishop England High School

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Officials with Bishop England High School say classes are canceled Monday following a tragic accident involving one of their staff members.

Officers with the Charleston Police Department were called to the high school just before 4 p.m. for a report of a child locked in a vehicle. Berkeley County EMS pronounced the child dead on the scene, spokesperson Anthony Gibson said.

Berkeley County Coroner Darnell Hartwell confirmed the child was a 16-month-old girl, and she was left in the vehicle between 7:30 and 8 a.m.

Officials said the car is owned by the child’s mother, a staff member at Bishop England High School.

Classes on Monday will be canceled and a mass will be offered instead.

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