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A public inquest into the death of a 13-year-old New Brunswick girl who died more than two-and-a-half-years ago in Dorchester, N.B., wrapped up on Wednesday.

This week, the court learned the girl jumped from the rear emergency exit door of her school bus on the afternoon of April 12, 2022. She died the following day.

It took two days of witness testimony and several hours of deliberation.

The jury of five ruled that her death should be classified as a suicide, agreeing with the declaration made by Coroner David Farrow, and gave 12 recommendations aimed at preventing similar deaths in the future.

“The jurors had varied backgrounds and they seemed like reasonable recommendations that don’t need to change the whole system in order to be implemented,” said Deputy Chief Coroner Michael Johnston.

The recommendations covered everything from improved bus …

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