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Teen dies after jumping off school bus

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ATLANTA - A 15-year-old boy died Saturday after jumping from the back door of a school bus and landing on his head, authorities said. <br> <br> Patken Lollis was trying to escape from a fight with another student on the bus Friday the last day of school for students at Harper-Archer High School. The school bus was not moving and so far no one has been charged in Lollis&#39; death, said Atlanta Police Sgt. John Quigley. <br> <br> Lollis&#39; grandmother, Hazel Stovall, said the family has been hearing conflicting accounts of the accident from students who were riding the bus. <br> <br> ``I got him to 15 and now I don&#39;t know what to do,&#39;&#39; said Stovall, 73, who raised Lollis when his mother could not take care of him. ``He was all I had.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> Two other Harper-Archer students were killed this year, said Principal Sherman Lofton. <br> <br> Junior Zavier Dinkins was killed in a robbery in October. Senior Kieyon Manns was killed shortly thereafter while playing with a gun, Lofton said. <br> <br> ``It has been a tough year,&#39;&#39; said Lofton, an 18-year veteran of school administration. ``I&#39;ve never buried three students in one year.&#39;&#39;
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