Boy Dies After Fall Through Hotel Window

A 13-year-old who was running backward while playing in a hotel hallway crashed through a window Friday night and fell seven stories to his death, authorities said.

Paris J. Taylor of New York City was staying at the Sandcastle hotel on a family vacation.

He was running backward while playing with another child when he ran into an air conditioner in a hallway. The impact tipped him backward and through the glass.

He landed on a concrete walkway.