Girl, 17, Treated After Apparent Suicide Try at Center
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CAMARILLO — A 17-year-old girl was being treated for a throat wound in a local hospital Sunday evening, after an apparent suicide attempt at the Ventura School state detention facility, authorities said.
The girl, a ward at the California Youth Authority center, 3100 Wright Road in Camarillo, allegedly tried to slit her throat with a safety razor about 6:40 p.m., according to authorities.
Paramedics and Ventura County Fire Department personnel arrived and found the girl conscious and breathing. She was bleeding from a one-inch throat wound as well as several cuts to her arms, authorities said.
She was taken by ambulance to Ventura County Medical Center in moderate condition.
Authorities did not release her name.
Youth authority officials were investigating the incident late Sunday and were not available for comment.
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