By Joe Kovacs
Woman could ‘blink and breathe regularly’ but not able to ‘vocally respond’
PEMBROKE PINES, Florida — A disturbing incident in a South Florida classroom put a teacher in the hospital last week after she was allegedly beaten by a 5-year-old student, leaving her “dazed” and “unresponsive.”
According to police in Pembroke Pines, a city 15 miles southwest of Fort Lauderdale, an altercation initially broke out March 2 between two students, ages 4 and 5, at Pines Lakes Elementary School. The youngsters were said to be throwing items around the classroom and flipping chairs.
The teacher brought the 5-year-old to a “cool down” room, an empty smaller classroom, and that’s where she was reportedly pummeled by the boy’s hands, fists and feet.