NY Daily News - Local - 1st-grader sends 3 to hospital1st-grader sends 3 to hospital
A Bronx first-grader went berserk and tore up his classroom yesterday, tossing a chair and sending two teachers and a social worker to the hospital, school officials said.
The rampage began after the 6-year-old at Public School 18 in Mott Haven suddenly tried to throttle another student in his class, witnesses said.
Two teachers and a social worker who was in the classroom to observe the troubled boy pulled the enraged student off his classmate.
The boy then picked up a chair and whacked the social worker in the head. After he hit one of the teachers in the arm, the three adults finally managed to wrestle the boy to the floor.
The 6-year-old already had attacked two students this year, sources in the school said.
The student was sent for a psychiatric evaluation. He also faces a three-day suspension and transfer to a special education program, school officials said.
The adults were taken to nearby Lincoln Hospital, where the social worker was treated for a head gash that took three staples to close. One teacher was treated for the injured arm. The second teacher, upset by the incident, was treated for nausea, school officials said.
Alison Gendar
Originally published on December 7, 2002
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