Teen accidentally hangs himself during Halloween prank

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Press Trust of India New York
Last Updated : Sep 26 2013 | 1:36 PM IST
In a tragic incident, a 16-year-old boy in the US accidentally hanged himself while trying to play a Halloween prank on his little sister.
Jordan Morlan, from Louisville, died after falling into a coma following the horrific accident.
His mother Ginger Rodriguez, said Jordan tried to play a prank on his sister on Sunday by slipping his head through a noose they'd hung in the front yard for Halloween decoration.
The mother was doing laundry when her daughter came and told her that Jordan was hanging from a tree and not moving.
"I said well he's probably playing a prank on you because he was pranking us on other things that day putting up Halloween decorations," Rodriguez told local TV station WHAS 11.
"And she said, 'no, he's not moving and he's got drool hanging from his mouth.' I ran out and his back was facing me," she said.
"Then I turned him around and I couldn't save him. I couldn't lift him up. He was hung," Rodriguez said.
Paramedics rushed the boy to a local hospital, where he was placed on life support, 'New York Daily News' reported.
He died from organ failure some 12 hours after the accident.
According to the investigators, the death was an accident, as the boy became disoriented after putting the noose around his neck and then passed out after it tightened.
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First Published: Sep 26 2013 | 1:36 PM IST

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