Southern California high school football player dies from injuries suffered in game
Southern California high school football player dies from injuries suffered in game
Austin Turner
11 hours ago
A 16-year-old Los Angeles County boy has died nearly two weeks after suffering a major injury in a high school football game, according to reports.
The boy, identified in an
online fundraiser as Christopher Garcia, was a junior at South East High School in South Gate. The news was first reported by Los Angeles Times high school sports columnist
Eric Sondheimer.
Garcia was injured while playing in a junior varsity game on Aug. 23, and was taken by ambulance to a local hospital.
The online fundraiser, written by a person claiming to be the friend of Garcias sister, said that he suffered a brain injury in the game.
Christopher Garcia, 16, died from injuries suffered in an Aug. 23 high school football game. He was a junior at South East High School in South Gate. (GoFundMe)
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According to Sonheimer, two medical staff members were on site at the time of Garcias injury, which is required by the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Garcias death is the 11th resulting from middle and high school football injuries this year, according to the National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury.