11-year-old National City girl dies of bacterial meningitis

NATIONAL CITY, Calif. (KGTV) – Loved ones are grieving the loss of 11-year-old Nicole Grande, who died after a battle with bacterial meningitis.

Nicole’s sisters, Lezly and Nadia, said the 5th grader at Valencia Park Elementary first started feeling unwell two Thursdays ago. She complained of stiffness in her body and pain in her head, telling her family she had just slept funny.

Eventually, she got the chills, and the stiff neck and shoulders grew worse…

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