Girl dies in fall at Chicago museum

Sunday, May 11, 2003

CHICAGO -- A 17-year-old girl was killed Saturday after she tried to slide down the railing of a staircase, lost her balance and fell inside the Museum of Science and Industry, police and museum officials said.

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