N.B. news: Coroner’s inquest enters second day [Video]

Seven witnesses testified in the second day of a coroner’s inquest looking into the death of a 13-year-old girl in 2022.

Due to the sensitive nature of the incident and the girl’s age, CTV News will not be reporting her name.

On Monday, witnesses testified the girl opened the back emergency exit of her school bus on the afternoon of April 12, 2022, in Dorchester, N.B., and jumped out.

She died of her injuries on April 13. Coroner David Farrow ruled it death by traumatic brain injury in a matter of suicide.

On Tuesday, witnesses spoke about her life prior to the incident, including her mental health struggles.

The jury of five, made up of two women and three men, heard from three different psychiatrists – two of whom only had interactions with the teen through the emergency room – and her regular psychiatrist Dr. Syed Sadiq.

Sadiq testified he …