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Mother Of Somerset County Boy Who Died From Fatal Punch Said 'He Didn't Suffer'
Jared Colon, 17, of Hillsborough died on Monday because injuries sustained from a punch during an argument with another teen this weekend.
“They tell me he didn’t suffer,” Beth Colon, the mother of the 17-year-old boy who died from a fatal punch said of her son’s last moments when she spoke with A BC Eyewitness News.
Not only has Colon decided to donate Jared’s organs so he can, “give life to others,” but Colon also told A BC Eyewitness News. that she will begin a fund to help children with anger issues, like the boy who killed her son.
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According to a release from the Somerset County Prosector’s Office, Hillsborough first responders showed up to a call on Orchard Drive around 5 p.m. on Saturday and found Jared Colon, 17, suffering from a head injury.
He was airlifted to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital for medical treatment where he passed away three days later.
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Colon’s injuries were sustained after he was punched in the head by 16-year-old “S.M” during a verbal argument, according to the release.
“S.M.” is currently lodged in the Middlesex County Juvenile Dention Center and has been charged with second degree Reckless Manslaughter.
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