WALTERBORO, SC. (THECOUNT) — South Carolina fifth-grader Raniya Wright, the student who died last month after reportedly being involved in a brief slap fight at her elementary school, died of natural causes, and not as a result of any on-campus altercation, prosecutor Duffie Stone said Friday.
“There was no evidence of trauma on or inside her body … that would indicate that any fight (of) any magnitude contributed to her death,” Stone, the area solicitor, said at a news conference. “There will be no criminal charges brought,” he said.
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Wright reportedly had a birth defect causing her veins and arteries to be tangled, reports MyFox8.
The girl had suffered “headaches for weeks,” leading up to the fatal incident.
She was unconscious when paramedics arrived at the school and transported her to a nearby hospital, according to a sheriff’s department report.
Her death was ultimately caused by pressure and a rupture of a vein in her brain.
The fight, which authorities previously reported preceded the girl’s death, was revealed to have been a slap fight that was stopped in a matter of seconds.