Jessica Bacon reportedly climbed out of her apartment window after being grounded by her foster parents.
A Pennsylvania teen apparently trying to escape out her window after being grounded, instead plunged eight stories to her death.
The 14-year-old was allegedly sent to her room after being disciplined by her foster parents Tuesday night. Upset about her punishment, she fashioned a makeshift rope and climbing out the window, NBC Philadelphia reports.
Tragically, the rope failed to hold.
The teen was identified as Jessica Bacon by Upper Merion Middle School principal Dr. Karen Geller.
Police said Bacon used shoelaces and electrical cords to create her rope, tying it to a heating unit in her bedroom. When she climbed out of her apartment window, the rope broke and the girl fell onto the roof of a garage below.
Bacon was taken to the hospital and died later that night.
The accident took place around 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday night in the Marquis Apartment complex in King of Prussia, Pa.
The county coroner has ruled the incident as an accidental death. Montgomery County spokesman Frank Custer told NBC Philadelphia that the foster-care protocols were followed.
Grief counselors were available for students at Upper Merion Middle School, where Bacon was a seventh grader.
The 14-year-old was allegedly sent to her room after being disciplined by her foster parents Tuesday night. Upset about her punishment, she fashioned a makeshift rope and climbing out the window, NBC Philadelphia reports.
Tragically, the rope failed to hold.
The teen was identified as Jessica Bacon by Upper Merion Middle School principal Dr. Karen Geller.
Police said Bacon used shoelaces and electrical cords to create her rope, tying it to a heating unit in her bedroom. When she climbed out of her apartment window, the rope broke and the girl fell onto the roof of a garage below.
Bacon was taken to the hospital and died later that night.
The accident took place around 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday night in the Marquis Apartment complex in King of Prussia, Pa.
The county coroner has ruled the incident as an accidental death. Montgomery County spokesman Frank Custer told NBC Philadelphia that the foster-care protocols were followed.
Grief counselors were available for students at Upper Merion Middle School, where Bacon was a seventh grader.
