The sudden death of a Queens teen as he was restrained by staffers at a school for troubled kids was ruled an accident by the Westchester County medical examiner. Click below to read the rest of the story.
Corey Foster, 16, went into cardiac arrest “during an excited state while being subdued,†the ME’s office ruled after investigating the April 18 death in Yonkers.
The results of the autopsy were first reported in the Journal News. Foster was taken down by three or four workers after a dispute during a basketball game, an eyewitness said.
The findings came as another blow to the Foster family, which is pushing for criminal charges in the teen’s death.
“I’m just picturing him laying there,†mom Sheila Foster told the Journal News. “It’s painful. That’s my blood. They took so much away from me.â€
The family only received a copy of the autopsy report Tuesday after the Westchester District attorney’s office gave its okay — and after they paid a $26 fee.
The Fosters’ attorney, Jacob Oresky, is seeking the release of a surveillance video that captured the incident and will help identify the staffers involved.
Foster was playing basketball at the Biondi Education Center at the Leake & Watts residential treatment center when the argument broke out about 8 p.m.
Eyewitness Malik Legree, 17, told the Daily News at the time that “three or four staffers†tried to remove Foster from the court.
Foster wound up on his stomach, with the center employees on his back, Legree said. Foster was pronounced dead about 80 minutes later at St. Joseph’s Medical Center
The county prosecutor told the Journal News that the investigation in the death was continuing.
