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11-Year-Old Boy Dies After Collapsing in Montgomery County Classroom
The boy's mother said he had been complaining of pain in his chest and throat for nearly a month, but she didn't think she could afford a hospital visit.
A family is inconsolable after the loss of an 11-year-old boy who died after suffering a sudden medical emergency and collapsing in his Montgomery County classroom Monday.
The boy, William Edilzer Cabrera Lozano, was in the fifth grade. After he collapsed, he was transported to a medical center where he died, officials said.
“That’s my son William… I love him so much. I don’t know how to live without him,” his mother, Santos Mercedes Cabrera Lozano, said. “I’m alone, I’m a single mother.”
According to Cabrera Lozano, William took the bus to Farmland Elementary in Rockville, Maryland, on Monday morning like he did every day. But shortly after arriving to class, William felt sick...
Monday, October 25, 2021
MCPS 5th grader dies after falling ill at Farmland Elementary school
ROCKVILLE, Md. (7News) — A Farmland Elementary school fifth-grader died Monday after falling ill at school, Montgomery County Public Schools officials confirm.
The student reportedly got ill inside the classroom and the school nurse was called. The school nurse determined 911 needed to be called. The school was placed into "shelter in place" mode while first responders tried to help the child.
The child was taken to an area hospital where they were pronounced dead...