The student broke both legs and sustained severe head and facial trauma and a collapsed lung in the 12:15 p.m. incident said responders who tried in vain to resuscitate him through CPR.
He was pronounced dead a short time later at University Hospital in Newark.
Foul play was not suspected, South Orange Police Chief Kyle Kroll said.
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