8-Year Old New Jersey Boy Dies After Freak Accident with Folding Table

This is such a sad and senseless tragedy. An 8-year New Jersey boy is dead after a folding table attached to a wall inside a school gymnasium fell on him.

The New Milford boy was in the gymnasium of Berkley Street Elementary School Wednesday night practicing for his recreational soccer team's season opener when the folding table opened away from the wall and collapsed on him.

School Superintendent Michael Polizzi told 6abc.com the table folds vertically into the wall and has benches attached to both sides. It is secured with a key.

It was not clear what caused the table to fall or if it had been properly locked.

As of 2012, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission received reports of several deaths and injuries in schools when the tables tipped over. It warned that most accidents happened during afterschool or during nonschool activities and warned schools to not allow children to move the tables or play with them.