ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Arbor Hill Elementary School community is mourning after a student died Saturday night while attempting a dangerous social media challenge. Officials with the school said in a letter to the community on Sunday that the student's death followed an accident at home and was seemingly connected to a TikTok challenge.

According to the Albany Police Department, officers responded to a home on Judson Street near Clinton Avenue around 6:20 p.m. for a medical call. Police said they found the child unresponsive while her mother performed CPR.

Officers took over until medical first responders arrived, and the child was transported to Albany Medical Center, where she died. Law enforcement said the death has been determined to be accidental.

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